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Cancer of the Pancreas in Young Adults
Author(s) -
Kune Gabriel A.,
Hobbs John B.,
Butterfield David,
Sali Avni
Publication year - 1978
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.1326-5377.1978.tb131791.x
Subject(s) - pancreatic cancer , cancer , pancreas , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , medicine , cancer incidence , oncology , physics , optics
Two young women with cancer of the pancreas are described. The rising incidence and epidemiology of this cancer is discussed. The need for tissue diagnosis and some new aspects of treatment of pancreatic cancer relevant to these cases are presented.