Adjuvant therapy in the treatment of biliary tract cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Horgan, E Amir, T Walter, JJ Knox - Journal of clinical oncology, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The benefit of adjuvant therapy (AT) for biliary tract cancer (BTC) is unclear, with
conflicting results from nonrandomized studies. We report a systematic review and meta …

Ampullary carcinoma: an overview of a rare entity and discussion of current and future therapeutic challenges

A Rizzo, V Dadduzio, L Lombardi, AD Ricci… - Current …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ampullary carcinomas (ACs) represent a rare entity, accounting for approximately 0.2% of all
gastrointestinal solid tumors and 20% of all periampullary cancers (PACs). Unfortunately …

[HTML][HTML] 2564 resected periampullary adenocarcinomas at a single institution: trends over three decades

J He, N Ahuja, MA Makary, JL Cameron, FE Eckhauser… - Hpb, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This study was carried out to determine relative survival rates and trends in
outcomes in patients who underwent resection of periampullary adenocarcinomas (PACs) …

Liposome based delivery systems in pancreatic cancer treatment: from bench to bedside

F Yang, C Jin, Y Jiang, J Li, Y Di, Q Ni, D Fu - Cancer treatment reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite rapid advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment, pancreatic cancer remains one
of the most difficult human malignancies to be treated, with a mortality rate nearly equal to its …

Resection margin involvement and tumour origin in pancreatic head cancer

CS Verbeke, IP Gladhaug - Journal of British Surgery, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Assessment of the origin of adenocarcinoma in pancreatoduodenectomy
specimens (pancreatic, ampullary or biliary) and resection margin status is not performed in …

Outcomes and treatment options for duodenal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LL Meijer, AJ Alberga, JK de Bakker… - Annals of surgical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Duodenal adenocarcinoma (DA) is a rare tumor for which survival data per
treatment modality and disease stage are unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Ampullary cancer: an overview

DH Ahn, T Bekaii-Saab - American Society of Clinical Oncology …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Ampullary cancers are rare, accounting for only 0.2% of gastrointestinal cancers and
approximately 7% of all periampullary cancers. They arise from the ampullary complex …

Pancreatic cancer: pathobiology, treatment options, and drug delivery

J Li, MG Wientjes, JLS Au - The AAPS journal, 2010 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the USA. The high
mortality rate is partly due to lack of effective treatments. This review summarizes the …

Real‐time detection of hepatic micrometastases from pancreatic cancer by intraoperative fluorescence imaging: preliminary results of a prospective study

N Yokoyama, T Otani, H Hashidate, C Maeda… - Cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Recently, a highly sensitive fluorescent imaging technique was developed
for the real‐time identification of hepatic tumors. The authors applied this procedure for the …

Role of adjuvant multimodality therapy after curative-intent resection of ampullary carcinoma

BL Ecker, CM Vollmer, SW Behrman, V Allegrini… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Ampullary adenocarcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm that arises within the
duodenal ampullary complex. The role of adjuvant therapy (AT) in the treatment of ampullary …