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MicroRNA co-expression networks exhibit increased complexity in pancreatic ductal compared to Vater’s papilla adenocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2017
iRNA expression abnormalities in adenocarcinoma arising from pancreatic ductal system (PDAC) and Vater’s papilla (PVAC) could be associated with distinctive pathologic features and clinical cancer behaviours.
Andriulli, Angelo, Biagini, Tommaso, Capocefalo, Daniele, Carella, Massimo, Copetti, Massimiliano, De Bonis, Antonio, Di Sebastiano, Pierluigi, Francesco Di Mola, Fabio, Fusilli, Caterina, Maiello, Evaristo, Mastrodonato, Nicola, Mazza, Tommaso, Pazienza, Valerio, Piepoli, Ada, Tavano, Francesca   +14 more
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Conversion surgery for initially unresectable carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater following pathological complete response to chemotherapy: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater with distant metastases is regarded as unresectable. Systemic chemotherapy is basically the treatment of choice for such tumors. Case presentation A 68-year-old woman was referred to our hospital and diagnosed
Yo Sato, Takanobu Hara, Yuko Takami, Yoshiyuki Wada, Tomoki Ryu, Shin Sasaki, Munehiro Yoshitomi, Seiya Momosaki, Masatoshi Murakami, Masayuki Hijioka, Toyoma Kaku, Ken Kawabe, Hideki Saitsu   +12 more
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Clinicopathological Study of Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater with Special Reference to MUC1, MUC2 and MUC5AC Expression [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: The ampulla of Vater consists of papilla, common channel, distal common bile duct and the distal main pancreatic duct. Ampullary carcinomas arise from two different types of mucosa, reflecting their broad histomorphological spectrum ...
Maithili Mandar Kulkarni, Siddhi Gaurish Sinai Khandeparkar, Avinash R Joshi, Aniket Kakade, Lokesh Fegade, Ketan Narkhede   +5 more
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Local excision as a treatment for tumors of ampulla of Vater [PDF]

, 2006
Background Although local excision (ampullectomy) was first described by Halsted in 1899, its adequacy as an alternative surgical treatment for the ampullary tumors is still a matter of debate.
Haralampos Demetriades, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Ioanna Kirou, Manousos-Georgios Pramateftakis, Nikolaos Sapidis, Ioannis Kanellos, Dimitrios Betsis   +6 more
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Effectiveness of Fentanyl in Facilitating Cannulation of Ampulla of Vater during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is carried out under moderate sedation mostly by use of propofol, opioids and benzodizepines. The aim of study is to assess difficulty in cannulation of ampulla of vater with the use of fentanyl.
Ashis Pun, Amit Dhungana, Jewan Pariyar, Hari Prasad Upadhyay   +3 more
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Gemcitabine-based fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy with or without platinum in unresectable biliary tract cancer: a retrospective study [PDF]

, 2008
Background There is no standard palliative chemotherapy regimen in biliary tract cancers (BTC). Fluoropyrimidine or gemcitabine, with or without platinum, are most frequently used.
Mi-Jung Kim, Do-Youn Oh, Se-Hoon Lee, Dong-Wan Kim, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Dae Seog Heo, Yung-Jue Bang, A Jemal, HR Shin, GD Leonard, JN Vauthey, B Glimelius, G Falkson, JH Harvey, M Ducreux, M Ducreux, T Okusaka, T Kiba, J Lee, ST Kim, S Thongprasert, JJ Knox, JJ Knox, N Androulakis, YS Hong, YJ Kim, H Ueno, SH Park, P Therasse, JR Anderson, J Furuse, LM Pasetto, W Scheithauer, N Tsavaris, F Giuliani, L Manzione, N Yonemoto, S Okada, AM Bergman, T Shirasaka, F Eckel, PA Philip, B Paule   +43 more
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A Rare Collision Tumor Composed of Follicular Lymphoma and Adenocarcinoma in the Ampulla of Vater: A Case Report

Case Reports in Pathology, 2014
The duodenum is infrequently affected by malignant lymphoma, and follicular lymphomas of the duodenum are rare histological subtypes. There are no reported cases of collision of follicular lymphoma and other tumors in the ampulla of Vater.
Shioto Suzuki, Fumihiko Tanioka, Keisuke Inaba, Shingo Takatori, Hideto Ochiai, Shohachi Suzuki   +5 more
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Inflammatory gene variants and the risk of biliary tract cancers and stones: a population-based study in China

BMC Cancer, 2012
Background Genetic variants in inflammation-related genes have been associated with biliary stones and biliary tract cancers in previous studies. Methods To follow-up on these findings, we examined 35 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) in 5 genes ...
Castro Felipe A, Koshiol Jill, Hsing Ann W, Gao Yu-Tang, Rashid Asif, Chu Lisa W, Shen Ming-Chang, Wang Bing-Shen, Han Tian-Qua, Zhang Bai-He, Niwa Shelley, Yu Kai, Zhang Hong, Chanock Stephen, Andreotti Gabriella   +14 more
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Non-familial double malignancy of the colon and ampulla of vater: A case report and review of literature

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012
Apart from their association in familial and hereditary cancer syndromes, sporadic double malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract involving the ampulla of Vater and colon are extremely rare.
Rajesh Rajalingam, Amit Javed, Ranjana Gondal, Asit Arora, Hirdaya H Nag, Anil K Agarwal   +5 more
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Cancer of the ampulla of Vater: analysis of the whole genome sequence exposes a potential therapeutic vulnerability [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Recent advances in the treatment of cancer have focused on targeting genomic aberrations with selective therapeutic agents. In rare tumors, where large-scale clinical trials are daunting, this targeted genomic approach offers a new ...
Alexis Christoforides, Angela Baker, April Watanabe, Ardis Decker, Daniel D Von Hoff, David W Craig, Douglas Lake, Galen Hostetter, Irene Cherni, Jeffrey M Trent, Jennifer Dinh, Jessica Aldrich, John D Carpten, Lawrence Koep, Michael J Demeure, Shripad Sinari, Tracy M Moses, Tyler Izatt   +17 more
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