Palliative therapy in pancreatic cancer—palliative surgery
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Palliative surgery for pancreatic carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of palliative surgical treatment in patients with advanced pancreatic carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Surgical "D" Ward of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from January 2005 to January 2009. METHODOLOGY The study included patients with pancreatic carcinoma admitted with advanced, unresectable carcinoma of the pancreas. Pat...
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BACKGROUND Pancreatic cancer is a formidable health problem, representing the 10th most common malignancy in the United States and the 4th most common cause of all cancer deaths. The overall 5-year survival rate is 4%, making this disease a model tumor in which to address the specialized care issues of palliative medicine. METHODS General considerations in both medical decision-making and sym...
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عنوان ژورنال: Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2415-1289
DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2019.04.03