Pancreatic Cancer Is ‘Always Non-Resectable’
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Pancreatic cancer is 'always non-resectable'.
Pancreatic cancer is characterized by its very aggressive biological behavior which makes it a rapidly disseminating and deadly tumor. Due to their initial 'silent' behavior, pancreatic cancers are generally diagnosed too late and at that point surgical or medical interventions are futile. The outcome of pancreatic cancer has not improved over the last decades. It is evident that only very few ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Digestive Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0257-2753,1421-9875
DOI: 10.1159/000103904