Current opinion on lymphadenectomy in pancreatic cancer surgery

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Pavlidis, Theodoros E ^a   Pavlidis, Efstathios T ^a   Sakantamis, Athanasios K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Curative resection; Distal pancreatosplenectomy; Lymphadenectomy; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic carcinoma; Pancreatoduodenectomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 79952046868     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-3872(11)60002-7     Document Type: Review

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