Staging cancer of the pancreas

Pancreatic carcinoma is the fourth cause of death from cancer in the United States, with a survival rate at 5 years of less than 5%. About 60% of tumors originate at the head of the pancreas, 15% in the body, 5% in the tail; 20% are diffuse within the pancreas. This article discusses the imaging and...

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Autores principales: Morana, G., Cancian, L., Pozzi Mucelli, R., Cugini, C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: e-Med 2010
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Focus on: Thoracic
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20880783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2010.9028
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author Morana, G.
Cancian, L.
Pozzi Mucelli, R.
Cugini, C.
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Cancian, L.
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Cugini, C.
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description Pancreatic carcinoma is the fourth cause of death from cancer in the United States, with a survival rate at 5 years of less than 5%. About 60% of tumors originate at the head of the pancreas, 15% in the body, 5% in the tail; 20% are diffuse within the pancreas. This article discusses the imaging and staging of pancreatic cancer.
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spelling pubmed-29671312012-09-29 Staging cancer of the pancreas Morana, G. Cancian, L. Pozzi Mucelli, R. Cugini, C. Cancer Imaging Focus on: Thoracic Pancreatic carcinoma is the fourth cause of death from cancer in the United States, with a survival rate at 5 years of less than 5%. About 60% of tumors originate at the head of the pancreas, 15% in the body, 5% in the tail; 20% are diffuse within the pancreas. This article discusses the imaging and staging of pancreatic cancer. e-Med 2010-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2967131/ /pubmed/20880783 http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2010.9028 Text en © 2010 International Cancer Imaging Society
spellingShingle Focus on: Thoracic
Morana, G.
Cancian, L.
Pozzi Mucelli, R.
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Staging cancer of the pancreas
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title_full Staging cancer of the pancreas
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title_full_unstemmed Staging cancer of the pancreas
title_short Staging cancer of the pancreas
title_sort staging cancer of the pancreas
topic Focus on: Thoracic
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967131/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2010.9028
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