INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas account for approximately 85% of all pancreatic tumors. Recently, less common epithelial tumors have been increasingly identified as a result of the frequent…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Reports of the use of vascular resection at the time of pancreatectomy have circulated since Fortner attempted to popularize the techniques approximately 40 years ago. At…
BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease that presents late and is fatal in nearly all cases. It affects about 12 per 100,000 men and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are thought to arise from mature endocrine cells in the pancreas and/or pleuripotent stem cells that have the capacity to differentiate into…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cancer staging systems have been designed to provide both physicians and patients with a metric for assessing the extent of disease and prognosis. Staging systems provide…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are tumors that originate from the islet cells of the pancreas and are also often referred to as islet cell tumors. With…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and the eighth worldwide. Despite advances in medical therapy, survival…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Palliative care is an approach to care that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Background The treatment of cancer patients has become complex as a result of the introduction of new therapies and insights into how to use these therapies….
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease that develops when alterations in multiple genes result in dysregulation of a select number of cellular pathways and processes. In…
