Physician attitudes and treatment patterns for pancreatic cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Woodmass, Jarret ^a   Lipschitz, Jeremy ^b   McKay, Andrew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Epidemiology and Cancer Registry   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MANITOBA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79751526901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-21     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Canadian Cancer Society's Steering Committee Canadian cancer statistics 2009 2009, Toronto: Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Cancer Society's Steering Committee.
2. Sener SF, Fremgen A, Menck HR, Winchester DP. Pancreatic cancer: A report of treatment and survival trends for 100,313 patients diagnosed from 1985-1995, using the national cancer database. J Am Coll Surg 1999, 189(1):1-7. 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00075-7, 10401733.
3. Bilimoria KY, Bentrem DJ, Ko CY, Stewart AK, Winchester DP, Talamonti MS. National failure to operate on early stage pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg 2007, 246(2):173-80. 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3180691579, 1933550, 17667493.
4. Baxter NN, Whitson BA, Tuttle TM. Trends in the treatment and outcome of pancreatic cancer in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol 2007, 14(4):1320-6. 10.1245/s10434-006-9249-8, 17225980.
5. Riall TS, Nealon WH, Goodwin JS, Zhang D, Kuo YF, Townsend CM, et al. Pancreatic cancer in the general population: Improvements in survival over the last decade. J Gastrointest Surg 2006, 10(9):1212-24. 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.08.010, 17114008.
6. Crist DW, Sitzmann JV, Cameron JL. Improved hospital morbidity, mortality, and survival after the whipple procedure. Ann Surg 1987, 206(3):358-65. 10.1097/00000658-198709000-00014, 1493175, 3632096.
7. Connolly MM, Dawson PJ, Michelassi F, Moossa AR, Lowenstein F. Survival in 1001 patients with carcinoma of the pancreas. Ann Surg 1987, 206(3):366-73. 10.1097/00000658-198709000-00015, 1493187, 2820322.
8. Nakase A, Matsumoto Y, Uchida K, Honjo I. Surgical treatment of cancer of the pancreas and the periampullary region: Cumulative results in 57 institutions in Japan. Ann Surg 1977, 185(1):52-7. 10.1097/00000658-197701000-00008, 1396263, 831636.
9. Alexakis N, Halloran C, Raraty M, Ghaneh P, Sutton R, Neoptolemos JP. Current standards of surgery for pancreatic cancer. Br J Surg 2004, 91(11):1410-27. 10.1002/bjs.4794, 15499648.
10. Abrams RA, Lowy AM, O'Reilly EM, Wolff RA, Picozzi VJ, Pisters PW. Combined modality treatment of resectable and borderline resectable pancreas cancer: Expert consensus statement. Ann Surg Oncol 2009, 16(7):1751-6. 10.1245/s10434-009-0413-9, 19390900.
11. Yeo CJ, Sohn TA, Cameron JL, Hruban RH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA. Periampullary adenocarcinoma: Analysis of 5-year survivors. Ann Surg 1998, 227(6):821-31. 10.1097/00000658-199806000-00005, 1191384, 9637545.
12. Riall TS, Cameron JL, Lillemoe KD, Winter JM, Campbell KA, Hruban RH, et al. Resected periampullary adenocarcinoma: 5-year survivors and their 6- to 10-year follow-up. Surgery 2006, 140(5):764-72. 10.1016/j.surg.2006.04.006, 17084719.
13. Birkmeyer JD, Stukel TA, Siewers AE, Goodney PP, Wennberg DE, Lucas FL. Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med 2003, 349(22):2117-27. 10.1056/NEJMsa035205, 14645640.
14. Polgar S, Thomas S. Questionnaire design. Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences 2000, 107-112. Edinburgh, London, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Sydney, Toronto: Churchill Livingston, 4.
15. Greene FL, Page DL, Fleming ID. AJCC cancer staging manual. 2002, New York: Springer-Verlag, 6.
16. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation. J Chronic Dis 1987, 40(5):373-83. 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8, 3558716.
17. Sohn TA, Yeo CJ, Cameron JL, Lillemoe KD, Talamini MA, Hruban RH, et al. Should pancreaticoduodenectomy be performed in octogenarians?. J Gastrointest Surg 1998, 2(3):207-16. 10.1016/S1091-255X(98)80014-0, 9841976.
18. Tani M, Kawai M, Hirono S, Ina S, Miyazawa M, Nishioka R, et al. A pancreaticoduodenectomy is acceptable for periampullary tumors in the elderly, even in patients over 80 years of age. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2009, 16(5):675-80. 10.1007/s00534-009-0106-6, 19387530.