Regional celiac artery infusion as adjuvant treatment after pancreatic cancer resection.
@article{Link1997RegionalCA, title={Regional celiac artery infusion as adjuvant treatment after pancreatic cancer resection.}, author={Karl H. Link and Andrea Formentini and Frank Gansauge and E. Papachristov and Hans G. Beger}, journal={Digestion}, year={1997}, volume={58 6}, pages={ 529-32 } }
BACKGROUND/AIMS
The dismal course of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients after resection is determined by the biology of the disease preventing R-0 resections. In the spontaneous course after resection, patients frequently develop either local recurrences, liver metastases and/or peritoneal metastases. Postoperative radiochemotherapy may extend survival and reduce local recurrences without influence on hepatic progression. We performed adjuvant celiac artery infusion in pancreatic cancer, to…
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