Clinical usefulness of conversion surgery for unresectable pancreatic cancer diagnosed on multidetector computed tomography imaging: Results from a multicenter observational cohort study by the Hokkaido Pancreatic Cancer Study Group (HOPS UR-01).

Yasutoshi KimuraToru NakamuraTsuyoshi HayashiMasaki KuwataniMasayo MotoyaMakoto YoshidaMasafumi ImamuraMinoru NagayamaHiroshi YamaguchiKeisuke YamakitaTakuma GotoYusuke SakuharaKuniyuki TakahashiHiroyuki MaguchiSatoshi HiranoIchiro Takemasa

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2019)

Conversion surgery after a favorable response to sequential treatment might prolong survival in patients with UR-PC. Precise diagnosis on MDCT followed by sequential multimodal anticancer treatment is essential.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
positron emission tomography
squamous cell carcinoma
atrial fibrillation
mass spectrometry
locally advanced
acute coronary syndrome
smoking cessation
image quality