Open AccessDuodenal Carcinoma—A Curable Disease
Author(s) -
Gunilla B. Jacobson,
Carl Eric Nordgren
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/03009738809178541
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenum , radiation therapy , disease , carcinoma , chemotherapy , lymph node , endoscopy , surgery , gastroenterology , general surgery
During a five-year-period 9 cases of duodenal carcinoma were treated. Eight of the patients were resected and 7 of them survived more than 5 years without signs of recurrent disease. Aggressive therapy, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cases with lymph node metastases, might in some way explain the good results. The importance of visualizing the infrapapillary region of the duodenum when performing upper endoscopy is stressed.