Pancreatic carcinosarcoma. Case report of multimodal therapy and review of the literature

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-55

  Gelos, Marcos ^a   Behringer, Dirk ^a   Philippou, Stathis ^a   Mann, Benno ^a  

^a Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Combined modality therapy; Gemcitabine; Malignant; Mixed tumor; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOSARCOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 38349083450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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