Is there a 'margin' for error in pancreatic cancer surgery?

Future Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-34

  Frampton, Adam E ^a   Gall, Tamara M H ^a   Krell, Jonathan ^a   Ahmad, Raida ^b   Jiao, Long R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; margin; pancreas; resection; survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; HUMAN; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOTE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871458081     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.12.175     Document Type: Note

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