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Association between shift work and the risk of death from biliary tract cancer in Japanese men [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: There is increasing evidence suggesting that shift work involving night work may increase cancer risk. Methods: We examined the association between working rotating shifts and the risk of death from biliary tract cancer among Japanese men who
Date, Chigusa   +32 more
core   +1 more source

Prolonged Prophylactic Antibiotics Based on Preoperative Bile Culture Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Following Preoperative Biliary Drainage: A Propensity‐Matched Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The optimum duration of prophylactic antibiotics after pancreaticoduodenectomy following preoperative biliary drainage to prevent surgical site infections remains controversial. We evaluate whether a prolonged course of prophylactic antibiotics reduces surgical site infection after pancreaticoduodenectomy following biliary drainage ...
Kyohei Matsumoto   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of Sequential Hepatic Vein Embolization Following Portal Vein Embolization in Promoting Regeneration of Liver Volume and Function Before Right‐Sided Major Hepatectomy

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Sequential hepatic vein embolization (HVE) following portal vein embolization (PVE) significantly improves both the volume and function of the future remnant liver (FRL) compared to PVE alone. In this study, the FRL regeneration rates for volume and function were markedly higher and faster in the PVE–HVE group, with no differences in surgical outcomes ...
Thanh Tung Lai   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carcinoma of Gallbladder: Its Frequency and Clinical Presentations in two hundred cases of Cholelithiasis

open access: yesGomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Background: Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder is the most common biliary tract tumor. Although its exact aetiology is not known, gallstones are considered to be an important risk factor for the development of carcinoma of the gallbladder.
Tahir Uddin Qazi   +3 more
doaj  

Serous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas: A multinational study of 2622 patients under the auspices of the International Association of Pancreatology and European Pancreatic Club (European Study Group on Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
OBJECTIVES: Serous cystic neoplasm (SCN) is a cystic neoplasm of the pancreas whose natural history is poorly known. The purpose of the study was to attempt to describe the natural history of SCN, including the specific mortality.
Aguero Garcete, G.   +87 more
core   +2 more sources

Double EUS-guided bypass for gastric outlet and biliary tract malignant obstruction: A standardized one-step approach (with videos)

open access: yesEndoscopic Ultrasound
Various malignant conditions, including gastric cancer, periam-pullary neoplasms, and pancreatobiliary tumors, can result in concurrent biliary tract and gastric outlet obstruction (GOO).
V. L. de Oliveira   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Potential Survival Benefit of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage IV Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Multicenter, Stage‐Stratified Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This multicenter study suggests that adjuvant chemotherapy may improve survival in stage IV intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after resection, with S‐1 showing a potential survival advantage. ABSTRACT Background The survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remains uncertain, particularly in advanced‐stage ...
Hisashi Kosaka   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcomes of Pancreas‐Sparing Total Duodenectomy for Severe Duodenal Polyposis in Patients With Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Spigelman stage IV duodenal polyposis (SP‐stage IV DP) is associated with high duodenal cancer risk in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). This study evaluated the surgical and oncological outcomes of pancreas‐sparing total duodenectomy (PSTD) as a surgical prophylaxis for severe duodenal polyposis in FAP.
Takehiro Shiraishi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preoperative Aortic Calcification Volume Predicts Postoperative Complications in Nonpancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Postoperative complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) remain high, particularly in patients with soft pancreatic texture. Abdominal aortic calcification volume (AACV), a surrogate marker of systemic arteriosclerosis, has been associated with increased surgical risk in lower gastrointestinal procedures ...
Masaki Horiuchi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mixed squamous – neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder: A case report of a rare pathological entity

open access: yesCancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment
Gallbladder cancers are the most common biliary tract malignancies in the world. Adenocarcinoma constitutes the most common histology in gallbladder cancer.
Rohik Anjum T. Siddeek   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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