## Background and objectives: Recent reports have demonstrated improvement in the 5-year actuarial survival for patients with resected ductal adenocarcinoma. the purpose of this study is to determine the factors favoring long-term survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy. ## Methods: Between 1974 a
Survival after resection for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
โ Scribed by Dr C. Sperti; C. Pasquali; A. Piccoli; S. Pedrazzoli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 652 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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