Advancements in Pancreatic Cancer Research in Japan and Unfolding Prospective

Pancreas

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-218

  Matsuno, Seiki ^a,b   Satake, Katsusuke ^c   Sunamura, Makoto ^a   Go, Vay Liang W ^d  

^a Japan Pancreas Society   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 1842535185     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200404000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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