Small carcinoma of the pancreas is curable: New computed tomography finding, pathological study and postoperative results from a single institute

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1591-1594

  Shimizu, Yasuhiro ^a   Yasui, Kenzo ^a   Matsueda, Kiyoshi ^b   Yanagisawa, Akio ^c   Yamao, Kenji ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black white sign on CT; Early pancreatic cancer; Histologic tumor size; Small pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644700404     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03895.x     Document Type: Review

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