Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas: A distinct clinicopathologic entity

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 903-910

  Trikudanathan, Guru ^a   Dasanu, Constantin A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; adenosquamous carcinoma; central necrosis; pancreas; squamous cell

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; TUMOR VOLUME; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; JAUNDICE; MUTATION; NECROSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MUTATION; NECROSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77956392590     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ebadbd     Document Type: Review

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