A Preoperative Prognostic Scoring System to Predict Prognosis for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Who Will Benefit from Upfront Surgery?

Toru NakamuraToshimichi AsanoKeisuke OkamuraTakahiro TsuchikawaSoichi MurakamiYo KurashimaYuma EbiharaTakehiro NojiYoshitsugu NakanishiKimitaka TanakaToshiaki ShichinoheSatoshi Hirano

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)

A preoperative prognostic scoring system using preoperative tumor location, tumor size, and CA19-9 enables preoperative prediction of prognosis and facilitates selection of appropriate treatment for resectable pancreatic cancer.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
minimally invasive
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
coronary artery bypass
radiation therapy
acute coronary syndrome