Hemoptysis as a Presenting Symptom for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
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Hemoptysis as a Presenting Symptom for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Introduction Approximately 32,000 pancreatic neoplasms are diagnosed in the United States annually.1 Currently, carcinoma of the pancreas is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in both men and women in this country, after cancers of the lung, breast/ prostate, and colon. The most common presenting symptoms of pancreatic cancers are epigastric pain, obstructive jaundice, and weight loss...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Medicine Forum
سال: 2008
ISSN: 2325-2863
DOI: 10.29046/tmf.010.1.027