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Recent findings from Oita University, Medical Department highlight research in carcinoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 6th, 2009

"Obstructive jaundice is common symptom of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. In the present study we evaluated association between preoperative jaundice and prognosis and possible indication of the minimal surgery," investigators in Oita, Japan report.

"Clinicopathological features of 50 patients who underwent curative resection were examined retrospectively and statistically analyzed. Thirty-two of the 50 patients (64%) had preoperative jaundice, and these patients had poorer survival compared with these without jaundice (5year survival 57.2% vs. 100%, p<0.01). Preoperative jaundice, serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 level, pancreatic invasion, lymphatic invasion,...

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