Endoscopic biliary drainage for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer with obstructive jaundice who are to undergo gemcitabine chemotherapy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 7299-7303

  Takasawa, Osamu ^a   Fujita, Naotaka ^a   Kobayashi, Go ^a   Noda, Yutaka ^a   Ito, Kei ^a   Horaguchi, Jun ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covered metallic stent; Endoscopic biliary drainage; Gemcitabine chemotherapy; Obstructive jaundice; Pancreatic cancer; Unresectable pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE; METAL; PLASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NAUSEA; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OCCLUSION; PANCREAS CANCER; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 33845510347     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i45.7299     Document Type: Article

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