[On the subject of pancreatic ductal carcinoma]. / In tema di carcinoma duttale pancreatico.
Clin Ter
; 149(4): 281-7, 1998.
Article
in It
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9866890
ABSTRACT
Pancreatic cancer is a dismal disease. The 5-year overall survival ranges from 1% to 5%. Surgery is the only curative treatment available for this cancer, but it is indicated only in selected patients with a less than 4 cm tumor. In these patients, survival rate is about 30%. We have considered several aspects the very difficult early diagnosis, the correct diagnostic flow chart, actual surgical procedures and new trends in biologic and genetic research. It is likely that better results can be achieved by defining an "early pancreatic cancer" and establishing how to detect it. This could be the wrigth one way is to significantly improve the survival of these patients.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pancreatic Ducts
/
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Type of study:
Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
It
Journal:
Clin Ter
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italia