DNA mismatch repair and O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase analysis and response to Temodal in newly diagnosed malignant glioma. Hyper-CVAD and high-dose ...

Phase I-II study of irinotecan hydrochloride combined with cisplatin in patients with advanced gastric cancer. From July 1990 to July 1995, 142 patients with localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic ...

Complications of pancreatic surgery. HPB (Oxford). 2005; 7(2): 99–108. - (doi: 10.1080/13651820510028936 PMCID: PMC2023932) Long-term results of pancreaticoduodenectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma of ...

If staging reveals that the tumor can be removed by local resection, surgery is the preferred treatment option for otherwise healthy patients without metastases. Tumors of the pancreatic head and the ...

Robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) showed short-term advantages over open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD) -- better known as the Whipple procedure – but only after surgeons had successfully ...

THE term pancreaticoduodenal cancer was introduced by Child 1 to characterize a group of malignant tumors that arise in the region of the ampulla of Vater. It therefore includes tumors of the head of ...

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New clinical evidence demonstrates the value of Applied Medical’s Alexis wound protector/retractor in pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) procedures, also ...

Chronic pancreatitis, a painful, debilitating condition, often requires major surgery to remove all or part of the pancreas. Few large studies have evaluated how these patients fare five years or more ...

What is a Whipple’s Procedure? A pancreatico-duodenectomy, commonly referred to as a Whipple’s procedure, is a complex surgery in which the main portion of the pancreas (the “head”) is removed along ...