Management of mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 5682-5692

  Testini, Mario ^a   Gurrado, Angela ^a   Lissidini, Germana ^a   Venezia, Pietro ^a   Greco, Luigi ^a   Piccinni, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cystic lesion; Pancreatic cystic neoplasm; Pancreatic mucin producing cysts; Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm; Pancreatic ovarian type stroma

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; GEMCITABINE; OXALIPLATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS MUCINOUS CYSTIC NEOPLASM; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 78649819121     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i45.5682     Document Type: Review

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