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Intra-pancreatic Distal Bile Duct Carcinoma is Morphologically, Genetically, and Clinically Distinct from Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - 1 May 2016
Deshpande Vikram, Konstantinidis Ioannis T, Castillo Carlos Fernandez-Del, Hezel Aram F, Haigis Kevin M, Ting David T, Bardeesy Nabeel, Goyal Lipika, Zhu Andrew X, Warshaw Andrew L, Lillemoe Keith D, Ferrone Cristina R
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PURPOSE: Differentiating intra-pancreatic distal bile duct carcinoma invading the pancreas from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) surrounding the distal common bile duct (CBD) can be challenging. Our aim is to identify clinical, morphological, and genetic features characteristic of intra-pancreatic distal bile duct carcinoma. METHODS: Clinicopathologic data of 550 patients undergoing a...
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