Slow growth of small pancreatic carcinoma with a 20-04 follow-up

Pancreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-349

  Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Onaya, Hiroaki ^b   Esaki, Minoru ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Nara, Satoshi ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^a   Mizuguchi, Yasunori ^a   Hiraoka, Nobuyoshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; BIOPSY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 65549098696     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31817b6161     Document Type: Letter

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