Open AccessClinical Implications of Peritoneal Cytology in Potentially Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Author(s) -
Suguru Yamada,
Shin Takeda,
Tsutomu Fujii,
Shuji Nomoto,
Naohito Kanazumi,
Hiroyuki Sugimoto,
Hideki Kasuya,
Yasuhiro Kodera,
Tetsuro Nagasaka,
Satoshi Morita,
Akimasa Nakao
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000261596.43439.92
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , cytology , cancer , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology
To determine the value of peritoneal washing cytology (CY) in determining resectability of pancreatic cancer.