Tumour growth is more dispersed in pancreatic head cancers than in rectal cancer: implications for resection margin assessment.

Abstract

Tumour growth in pancreatic head cancers is more dispersed than in RC, particularly in the tumour periphery.

Revision of the R1 definition for pancreatic head cancer may therefore need to be considered.

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Subjects

• Adenocarcinoma
• Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
• Digestive System Surgical Procedures
• Disease Progression
• Humans
• Pancreatic Neoplasms
• Rectal Neoplasms

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Authors

• Caroline Sophie Verbeke
• Johannes Knapp
• Ivar Prydz Gladhaug

Publication date

2011-12-19

Journal

Journal topics

• Histology
• Pathology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Histopathology

Department of Histopathology, St James's University Hospital, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK. cverbeke [at] doctors.org.uk

Release reference

Histopathology. 2011 Dec;59(6):1111-21

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