Non-surgical tissue biopsy among patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: Effect on survival

Pancreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-292

  Hernandez, Lyndon V ^a,f   Bhutani, Manoop S ^b   Eisner, Milton ^c   Guda, Nalini M ^c   Lu, Na ^e   Geenen, Joseph E ^d   Catalano, Marc F ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreatic cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BIOPSY; BIOPSY; CANCER REGISTRY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65549114985     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e318192eb9b     Document Type: Article

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