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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Vandana Sandhu
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-60979 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Molecular oncology 20141219 4
Periampullary adenocarcinomas include four anatomical sites of origin (the pancreatic duct, bile duct, ampulla and duodenum) and most of them fall into two histological subgroups (pancreatobiliary and intestinal). Determining the exact origin of the tumor is sometimes difficult, due to overlapping histopathological characteristics. The prognosis depends on the histological subtype, as well as on the anatomical site of origin, the former being the more important. The molecular basis for these dif ...[more]