Conversion surgery for initially unresectable carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater following pathological complete response to chemotherapy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater with distant metastases is regarded as unresectable. Systemic chemotherapy is basically the treatment of choice for such tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: A 68-year-old woman was referred to our hospital and diagnosed with carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater with...

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Autores principales: Sato, Yo, Hara, Takanobu, Takami, Yuko, Wada, Yoshiyuki, Ryu, Tomoki, Sasaki, Shin, Yoshitomi, Munehiro, Momosaki, Seiya, Murakami, Masatoshi, Hijioka, Masayuki, Kaku, Toyoma, Kawabe, Ken, Saitsu, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0680-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0680-z

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