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A retrospective, multicentric, nationwide analysis of the impact of splenectomy on survival of pancreatic cancer patients
2024-04-22
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Objective Splenectomy is regularly performed in total and distal pancreatectomy due to technical reasons, lymph node dissection and radicality of the operation. However, the spleen serves as an important organ for competent immune function, and its removal is associated with an increased incidence of cancer and a worse outcome in some cancer entities<sup>1–3</sup>. The impact of splene...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 32cea427-f005-56b3-a545-6a7278fbfac6
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4253682/v1
