[Re-resection for local recurrence in the remnant pancreas after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer- a case report].
Kim C, Tono T, Kimura Y, Watanabe A, Nakamura H, Inadome J, Danno K, Kagara N, Taniguchi H, Kanoh T, Ohnishi T, Nakano Y, Monden T, Imaoka S.SourceDept. of Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy.Gan To Kagaku Ryoho.2011 Nov;38(12):2448-50.
A 70-year-old female suffered from jaundice was admitted to our hospital for a tumor in the pancreas head. CA19-9 and DUPAN-2 levels were increased in laboratory test. Enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a low density area of pancreas head. Cytology of pancreatic juice was perf
Paclitaxel as second-line chemotherapy in patients with gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer: a retrospective study.
Maeda S, Motoi F, Onogawa T, Morikawa T, Shigeru O, Sakata N, Takadate T, Naitoh T, Rikiyama T, Katayose Y, Egawa S, Unno M.SourceDivision of Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan.
International journal of clinical oncology / Japan Society of Clinical Oncology.Int J Clin Oncol.2011 Oct;16(5):539-45. Epub 2011 Apr 1.
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the efficacy and feasibility of paclitaxel in patients with gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer. We also evaluated the correlation between tumor marker decline and response rate.METHODS: Thirty patients histologically diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who had undergone p