Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A new classification for an old challenge

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1019-1020

  Talamonti, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748369091     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.02.902     Document Type: Editorial

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