IN recent years, surgeons who operate upon patients for biliary-tract disease have become increasingly aware of the significant role of obstruction of the common duct at the sphincter of Oddi. This ...
A: Ampullary tumors historically presented late, with jaundice, bleeding, relapsing pancreatitis, or duodenal obstruction, and were treated with radical pancreaticoduodenectomy and, less commonly, ...
Efficacy of oxaliplatin plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin (FOLFOX4) versus doxorubicin in advanced HCC: Updates on the EACH study. Background: Though adenocarcinomas of ...
A Review of Recent Data in the Treatment of Gallbladder Cancer: What We Know, What We Do, and What Should Be Done Most ampullary carcinomas are adenocarcinomas, but the histology varies with tumors ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer. He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...
Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer. He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...