The Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Pancreatoblastoma in Adults: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2153-2161

  Salman, Bulent ^a   Brat, Gabriel ^a   Yoon, Yoo Seok ^a   Hruban, Ralph H ^a   Singhi, Aatur D ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Herman, Joseph M ^a   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic neoplasm; Pancreatoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TUMOR INVASION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888239581     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2294-2     Document Type: Review

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