The significance of the early detection of clinical symptoms in the overall survival of patients with pancreatic cancer

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-36

  Nikou, G C ^a,b   Tsatali, Ekaterini ^a   Arnaoutis, Theodora P ^a   Giamarellos Bourboulis, E J ^a   Zoumboulis Vafiadis, Irene ^a   Polyzos, A ^a   Katsilambros, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34548331372     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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