Article
[Early detection of sporadic pancreatic cancer].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 1 Jan 2000
Frič Přemysl, Šedo Aleksi, Škrha Jan, Zima Tomáš, Bušek Petr, Škrha Pavel, Kmochová Klára, Laclav Martin, Bunganič Bohuš, Zavoral Miroslav
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer (PC) behaves very differently in comparison with other malignancies. Its prevalence continuously increases, mortality does not decrease, diagnosis is frequently late, radical surgery is limited to 15-20 % of patients, postoperative relapses are frequent, and chemotherapy has a palliative character. Preventive programs are the only possibility of improvement. In familial pancreatic cancer (FPC)...
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