Open AccessPrognostic analysis of patients with pancreatic head adenocarcinoma less than 2 cm undergoing resection
Author(s) -
KunChun Chiang,
ChunNan Yeh,
WeiChen Lee,
Yi-Yin Jan,
TsannLong Hwang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.4305
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , ca19 9 , carcinoembryonic antigen , adenocarcinoma , gastroenterology , metastasis , lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , oncology , surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
To investigate the differences in clinicopathological features between patients with pancreatic cancer greater or less than 2 cm situated over the pancreatic head and the prognostic factors for survival of patients with pancreatic cancer < 2 cm over the pancreatic head.