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Association of Histopathologic Phenotype of Periampullary Adenocarcinomas With Survival.
JAMA surgery - 1 Jan 2017
Williams Jennifer L, Chan Carmen K, Toste Paul A, Elliott Irmina A, Vasquez Charles R, Sunjaya Dharma B, Swanson Eric A, Koo Jamie, Hines O Joe, Reber Howard A, Dawson David W, Donahue Timothy R
Abstract excerpt
Importance: Patients with periampullary adenocarcinomas have widely variable survival. These cancers are traditionally categorized by their anatomic location of origin, namely, the duodenum, ampulla, distal common bile duct (CBD), or head of the pancreas. However, they can be alternatively subdivided histopathologically into intestinal or pancreaticobiliary (PB) types, which may more accurately estimate...
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