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Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer
Digestive Diseases, 2002Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the USA in both sexes. Early diagnosis is difficult and the overall mortality rate is high. Individuals at high risk for pancreatic cancer include smokers, and persons with all forms of chronic alcoholic, metabolic, tropical or hereditary pancreatitis.
Patrick, Maisonneuve +1 more
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Oncology Research and Treatment, 2018
Familial pancreatic cancer accounts for 10% of all patients with pancreatic cancer. Because the 5-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is only 7%, screening programs for high-risk individuals are essential and might be advantageous. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma mostly shows symptoms at an advanced state and treatment is not efficient enough to ...
Julia, Benzel, Volker, Fendrich
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Familial pancreatic cancer accounts for 10% of all patients with pancreatic cancer. Because the 5-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is only 7%, screening programs for high-risk individuals are essential and might be advantageous. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma mostly shows symptoms at an advanced state and treatment is not efficient enough to ...
Julia, Benzel, Volker, Fendrich
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Abdominal Radiology, 2017
This article reviews the current evidence surrounding pancreatic cancer screening. The current targets of screening include identification of early pancreatic cancer, as well as the two most important precursor lesions; intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and high grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia.
Chris M, Lindquist +3 more
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This article reviews the current evidence surrounding pancreatic cancer screening. The current targets of screening include identification of early pancreatic cancer, as well as the two most important precursor lesions; intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and high grade pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia.
Chris M, Lindquist +3 more
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Pancreatic cancer chemoradiotherapy
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2016Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal gastrointestinal tumour. Chemotherapy is the mainstay of therapy in the majority of the patients whereas resection is the only chance of cure but only possible in 15-20% of all patients. The integration of radiotherapy into multimodal treatment concepts is heavily investigated.
Brunner, Thomas, Seufferlein, Thomas
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Pancreatic Resection for Pancreatic Cancer
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1989In the majority of patients, pancreatic resection is performed for a proved carcinoma or for a mass in the pancreas with clinical features of carcinoma. Preoperative preparation is similar to that for other cancer operations, and good nutritional status and normal clotting factors are important.
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Obesity, Pancreatitis, and Pancreatic Cancer
Obesity Surgery, 2008The only universally accepted risk factors for the development of pancreatic cancer are a positive family history or a history of smoking. Although the contribution of pancreatitis to pancreatic carcinogenesis has been debated for decades in the epidemiology literature, the actual mechanism is still unclear.
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