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SUBMITTER: Wittel UA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805375 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wittel U A UA Lubgan D D Ghadimi M M Belyaev O O Uhl W W Bechstein W O WO Grützmann R R Hohenberger W M WM Schmid A A Jacobasch L L Croner R S RS Reinacher-Schick A A Hopt U T UT Pirkl A A Oettle H H Fietkau R R Golcher H H
BMC cancer 20191022 1
<h4>Background</h4>One critical step in the therapy of patients with localized pancreatic cancer is the determination of local resectability. The decision between primary surgery versus upfront local or systemic cancer therapy seems especially to differ between pancreatic cancer centers. In our cohort study, we analyzed the independent judgement of resectability of five experienced high volume pancreatic surgeons in 200 consecutive patients with borderline resectable or locally advanced pancreat ...[more]