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Review article: current practice and future perspectives in detection and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Oct 1998
Haycox A, Lombard M, Neoptolemos J, Walley T
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Pancreatic cancer is the tenth most prevalent malignancy and the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the developed world. Less than 10% of patients survive for more than 1 year following diagnosis and the 5-year survival rate (0.4%) is the lowest of any cancer. The poor prognosis associated with this diagnosis led in the past to therapeutic nihilism on the part of clinicians who were all too aware of the...
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