Adenocarcinoma of the exocrine pancreas (90% of pancreatic cancers) is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the US.
Rarely curable: overall 5-year relative survival rate of...
Depends on tumor location; majority become symptomatic late in disease. About 60–70% of pancreatic cancers develop in the pancreatic head and block the periampullary bile duct, causin...
Surgical resection: only chance of cure; no role for pancreatic resection in metastatic disease.
Nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer is classified as resectable, borderline resectable, or locally...
C25.3 Malignant neoplasm of pancreatic duct
C25.0 Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas
C25.2 Malignant neoplasm of tail of pancreas
C25.9 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas, unspecified
C25.8 Mal...
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