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CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS
Author(s) -
Hughes E. S. R.,
Brown Grayton
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1960.tb86916.x
Subject(s) - citation , philosophy , library science , computer science
, THE pancreas is one of the recognized sites for carcinoma within the abdomen, but nevertheless carcinoma of the pancreas is not a common lesion. In flve years at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1950-1954) only 89 cases were recorded. In approximately the same period there were 279 cases of carcinoma of the stomach. In the statistics published by the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria for 1958, 74 cases of carcinoma of the pancreas were registered, as compared with 329 cases of carcinoma of the large bowel and 184 cases of carcinoma of the stomach. the pancreas, extending into the head. These tumours were multilocular and contained gelatinous fluid. Microscopic examination of sections showed cystadenocarcinoma. One of the patients survived for two months after the removal of the tumour and the other 18 months.