Current state of surgical management of pancreatic cancer

Cancers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1253-1273

  Hackert, Thilo ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Werner, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extended approach; Pancreatic cancer; Standard resection; Surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GEMCITABINE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 79953714583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers3011253     Document Type: Review

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