Resectable adenocarcinomas in the pancreatic head: the retroperitoneal resection margin is an independent prognostic factor

BACKGROUND: The retroperitoneal margin is frequently microscopically tumour positive in non-curative periampullary adenocarcinoma resections. This margin should be evaluated by serial perpendicular sectioning. The aim of the study was to determine whether retroperitoneal margin involvement independe...

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Main Authors: Westgaard, Arne, Tafjord, Svetlana, Farstad, Inger N, Cvancarova, Milada, Eide, Tor J, Mathisen, Oystein, Clausen, Ole Petter F, Gladhaug, Ivar P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2249586/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18194510
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-8-5
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