Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with excessive alpha-fetoprotein expression

Pancreatology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 370-372

  Kolb Van Harten, P ^a   Rosien, U ^a   Kloppel G ^b   Layer, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ISRAELITISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gemcitabine; Mitomycin c; Palliative chemotherapy; Pancreas; Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma; Fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GEMCITABINE; MITOMYCIN C;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN ARTERY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34748881841     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107397     Document Type: Article

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