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Adenocarcinoma
Recent findings from Y. Kaneoka and co-authors highlight research in adenocarcinoma
May 19th, 2009
"We investigated retrospectively the operative outcomes of portal vein resection (PVR) for portal vein (PV) and/or superior mesenteric vein (SMV) involvement and clarified, the validity of PVR. Between 1993 and 2006, 84 patients with invasive pancreatic head adenocarcinoma were resected by pancreatoduodenectomy with. macroscopically curative resection," investigators in Ogaki, Japan report. "Forty-two patients underwent PVR. by means of segmental resection. with end-to-end anastomosis in 27 patients and autologous vein graft using an external iliac, vein in 15 patients because of macroscopic venous involvement. Venous involvement. was classified macroscopically as...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-19)
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