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SUBMITTER: Punzi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10059735 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Punzi Ernesto E Carrubba Claudio C Contegiacomo Andrea A Posa Alessandro A Barbieri Pierluigi P De Leoni Davide D Mazza Giulia G Tanzilli Alessandro A Cina Alessandro A Natale Luigi L Sala Evis E Iezzi Roberto R
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal disease; patients' long-term survival is strictly linked to the surgical resection of the tumor but only a minority of patients (2-3%) have a resectable disease at diagnosis. In patients with surgically unresectable disease, interventional radiology is taking on an increasing role in treatment with the application of loco-regional percutaneous therapies. The primary purposes of this narrative review are to analyze the safety and efficacy of abl ...[more]