Prognostic role of the length of tumour-vein contact at the portal-superior mesenteric vein in patients having surgery for pancreatic cancer.
T ImamuraYusuke YamamotoTeiichi SugiuraYukiyasu OkamuraTakaaki ItoR AshidaKatsuhisa OhgiA TodakaA FukutomiT AramakiK UesakaPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2019)
The length of PV/SMV contact predicts survival, and may be used to suggest a role for neoadjuvant therapy to improve prognosis.