Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Infiltrating ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is a real enigma. On one hand, it is one of the most deadly of all of the solid malignancies. On the other hand, the neoplastic glands can be remarkably well-differentiated, and it can be difficult to distinguish between a reactive non-neoplastic gland and a gland of invasive adenocarcinoma. In this review, we will present diagnostic criteria t...

Adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas.

Adjuvant Therapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

The delivery of postoperative combined modality adjuvant therapy for completely resected pancreatic cancer was initially shown to be beneficial on the basis of a prospective, randomized trial published in 1985. Since then, oncologists have debated whether chemotherapy, chemoradiation, or both is optimal adjuvant therapy after pancreatectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas; no global c...

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Pancreaticoduodenectomy is performed on carefully selected patients as part of a protocol-based clinical research program emphasizing the importance of multimodality management for patients with potentially resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Treatment schemas emphasize the importance of minimizing toxicity and treatment duration, while attempting to improve therapeutic efficacy. ...

Huge mucinous cystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

pected to be a mucinous cystic adenocarcinoma. We performed en bloc distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. The macroscopic appearance was consistent with mucinous cystic neoplasm ( fig. 3 ). Microscopy showed epithelium composed of mucin-secreting cells and a dense cellular ovarian-type stroma ( fig. 4 ). Adenocarcinoma was A 41-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for evaluation of an a...