Pancreatic cancer /
The MD Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series presents the most cutting-edge surgical treatment and medical therapy for specific sites. Each year, more than 26,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, also called a "silent" disease because it does not usually exhibit symptoms early o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2002]
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| Series: | M.D. Anderson solid tumor oncology series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The MD Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series presents the most cutting-edge surgical treatment and medical therapy for specific sites. Each year, more than 26,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, also called a "silent" disease because it does not usually exhibit symptoms early on. This volume, Pancreatic Cancer, defines the current standard on multimodality care: surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, radiotherapy, and a review of the latest research and clinical trials. It includes sections on: epidemiology/molecular biology inherited pancreatic cancer syndromes staging various surgical techniques and outcomes multimodality therapy emerging and future therapies The individual chapters focus on narrow, specific topics to produce a reference work of value to those interested in pancreatic cancer from a clinical and translational research perspective. A must-have for surgical oncologists and general surgeons. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 423 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0387216006 (electronic bk.) 9780387216003 (electronic bk.) |