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Improvements in survival and clinical benefit with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreas cancer: a randomized trial.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1997
PURPOSE Most patients with advanced pancreas cancer experience pain and must limit their daily activities because of tumor-related symptoms. To date, no treatment has had a significant impact on the disease.
Malcolm, J. Moore, J. Andersen, M. R. Green, M. L. Rothenberg, M. Modiano, M. C. Cripps, Russell, K. Portenoy, A. M. Storniolo, P. Tarassoff, R. Nelson, F. A. Dorr, C. D. Stephens, Daniel, D., Von Hoff   +16 more
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Cancer of the pancreas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

Annals of Oncology, 2015
M. Ducreux1,2, A. Sa. Cuhna2,3, C. Caramella4, A. Hollebecque1,5, P. Burtin1, D. Goéré6, T. Seufferlein7, K. Haustermans8, J. L. Van Laethem9, T. Conroy10 & D. Arnold11, on behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Committee* Département de médecine, Gustave Roussy,
M. Ducreux, A. Cuhna, C. Caramella, A. Hollebecque, P. Burtin, D. Goéré, T. Seufferlein, K. Haustermans, J. Laethem, T. Conroy, D. Arnold   +10 more
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Pancreas transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2021
Purpose of review To define recent changes and future directions in the practice of pancreas transplantation (PT). Two major events have occurred in the past 18 months: COVID-19 pandemic, and the first world consensus conference on PT. Several innovative studies were published after the consensus conference.
Vistoli F., Kauffmann E. F., Boggi U.
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Alcohol and the Pancreas

Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1975
Chronic pancreatitis is frequently observed in men drinking approximately 2 g·kg^-1day^-1 during a mean of 17 years. The diet of these patients is abnormally rich in fat and protein. Giving alcohol and a similar diet to dogs and rats, it has been possible to reproduce chronic alcoholic pancreatitis.
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Microencapsulated islets as bioartificial endocrine pancreas.

Science, 1980
Single implantation of microencapsulated islets into rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes corrected the diabetic state for 2 to 3 weeks. The microencapsulated islets remained morphologically and functionally intact throughout long-term culture ...
F. Lim, A. Sun
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Pancreas and pancreas-kidney transplantation

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 1998
Pancreas transplantation consistently results in an insulin-independent normoglycemic state in insulin-dependent diabetic recipients. Registry data show insulin independence is achieved in 80% of simultaneous kidney and pancreas recipients, more than 70% of pancreas after kidney recipients, and more than 60% of nonuremic pancreas transplant alone ...
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The Pancreas

Clinics in Gastroenterology, 1985
A review has been made of the angiographic findings of different benign and malignant pancreatic lesions. The limited need for angiography as a diagnostic procedure is emphasized with guidelines to its indications when such other diagnostic modalities as US and CT are available. The technique, indications and results of pancreatic venography and venous
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Transplantation of the Pancreas

Current Diabetes Reports, 2012
Pancreas transplantation consistently induces insulin-independence in beta-cell-penic diabetic patients, but at the cost of major surgery and life-long immunosuppression. One year after grafting, patient survival rate now exceeds 95 % across recipient categories, while insulin independence is maintained in some 85 % of simultaneous pancreas and kidney ...
BOGGI, UGO, VISTOLI, FABIO, EGIDI, MARIA FRANCESCA, MARCHETTI, PIERO, De Lio N, Perrone V, Caniglia F, Signori S, Barsotti M, Bernini M, OCCHIPINTI, MARGHERITA, FOCOSI, DANIELE, Amorese G.   +12 more
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