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Molecular subtyping improves prognostication of Stage 2 colorectal cancer

Post-surgical staging is the mainstay of prognostic stratification for colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, we compare TNM staging to consensus molecular subtyping (CMS) and assess the value of subtyping in addition...

Authors: Rachel V. Purcell, Sebastian Schmeier, Yee Chen Lau, John F. Pearson and Francis A. Frizelle

Increased risk of lymphoid malignancy in patients with herpes zoster: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national cohort

The association between herpes zoster and the risk of lymphoid neoplasms in Asian populations has not yet been established. We performed a longitudinal follow-up study using a nationwide cohort to assess the r...

Authors: Hyo Geun Choi, James L. Zehnder, Young Kyung Lee, Hyun Lim and Miyoung Kim

Dual time point ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography fusion imaging (¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT) in primary breast cancer

To evaluate the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of the percentage change between maximum standardized uptake value (SUV_max) at 60 min (SUV_max1) and SUV_max at 120 min (SUV_max2) (ΔSUV_max%) using dua...

Authors: Yoji YAMAGISHI, Tomomi KOIWAI, Tamio YAMASAKI, Takahiro EINAMA, Makiko FUKUMURA, Miyuki HIRATSUKA, Takako KONO, Katsumi HAYASHI, Jiro ISHIDA, Hideki UENO and Hitoshi TSUDA

Genetic and clinical characterization of BRCA-associated hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in Navarra (Spain)

Genetic testing for BRCA1/2 genes is widely used as a strategy to reduce incidence and morbidity of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). The purpose of this study is to analyse the demographic and molecul...

Authors: Ainara Ruiz de Sabando, Edurne Urrutia Lafuente, Fermín García-Amigot, Angel Alonso Sánchez, Lourdes Morales Garofalo, Sira Moreno, Eva Ardanaz and Maria A. Ramos-Arroyo

Dose-volume parameters predict radiation pneumonitis after induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis

The relationship between lung dose-volume histogram (DVH) parameters and radiation pneumonitis (RP) associated with induction concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) followed by surgery in patients with non-small ...

Authors: Kuniaki Katsui, Takeshi Ogata, Kenta Watanabe, Norihisa Katayama, Junichi Soh, Masahiro Kuroda, Katsuyuki Kiura, Yoshinobu Maeda, Shinichi Toyooka and Susumu Kanazawa

Biopsychosocial and clinical characteristics in patients with resected breast and colon cancer at the beginning and end of adjuvant treatment

The aim of this study was to analyze biopsychosocial factors affecting how patients cope with cancer and adjuvant treatment and to appraise psychological distress, coping, perceived social support, quality of ...

Authors: Teresa García-García, Alberto Carmona-Bayonas, Paula Jimenez-Fonseca, Carlos Jara, Carmen Beato, Beatriz Castelo, Montserrat Mangas, Eva Martínez de Castro, Avinash Ramchandani, David Gomez and Caterina Calderón

β2AR-HIF-1α-CXCL12 signaling of osteoblasts activated by isoproterenol promotes migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells

Chronic stress is well known to promote tumor progression, however, little is known whether chronic stress-mediated regulation of osteoblasts contributes to the migration and invasion of metastatic cancer cells.

Authors: Zhibin Huang, Guihuan Li, Zhishuai Zhang, Ruonan Gu, Wenyang Wang, Xiaoju Lai, Zhong-Kai Cui, Fangyin Zeng, Shiyuan Xu and Fan Deng

Impact of early chimerism status on clinical outcome in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

The significance of very early chimerism assessment before day + 28, which is considered the moment of engraftment, is still unclear. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the clinical impact of very early...

Authors: Monika Lejman, Agnieszka Zaucha-Prażmo, Joanna Zawitkowska, Aleksandra Mroczkowska, Dominik Grabowski, Jerzy R. Kowalczyk and Katarzyna Drabko

CYR61, a potential biomarker of tumor inflammatory response in epithelial ovarian cancer microenvironment of tumor progress

Recent studies have found that inflammatory response is involved in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer. Advanced ovarian cancer is often presented with ascites that is rich in cytokines, inflammatory factors o...

Authors: Jun Shi, Rongfen Huo, Ningli Li, Haichuan Li, Tianhang Zhai, Huidan Li, Baihua Shen, Jing Ye, Ruojin Fu and Wen Di

Growth rates of malignant and benign thyroid nodules in an ultrasound follow-up study: a retrospective cohort study

Thyroid nodules are frequently detected by cervical ultrasound examinations. In follow-up studies, malignant as well as benign nodules may exhibit an increase in size.

Authors: Michael Cordes, Theresa Ida Götz, Karen Horstrup, Torsten Kuwert and Christian Schmidkonz

Evaluation of an online knowledge translation intervention to promote cancer risk reduction behaviours: findings from a randomized controlled trial

Many cancers are preventable through lifestyle modification; however, few adults engage in behaviors that are in line with cancer prevention guidelines. This may be partly due to the mixed messages on effectiv...

Authors: Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko, Emily Belita, Anthony J. Levinson, Jennifer Boyko and Maureen Dobbins

Nrf2 gene mutation and single nucleotide polymorphism rs6721961 of the Nrf2 promoter region in renal cell cancer

Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 (Nrf2) is involved in cell proliferation by promotion of metabolic activity. It is also the major regulator of antioxidants and has a pivotal role in tumor cell prol...

Authors: Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Takao Kamai, Satoru Higashi, Satoshi Murakami, Kyoko Arai, Hiromichi Shirataki and Ken-Ichiro Yoshida

Preoperative risk stratification for early recurrence of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma after deceased donor liver transplantation: a five-eight model development and validation

Early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT) is associated with poor surgical outcomes. This study aims to construct a preoperative model to predict individual risk of po...

Authors: Abdulahad Abdulrab Mohammed Al-Ameri, Xuyong Wei, Lidan Lin, Zhou Shao, Haijun Guo, Haiyang Xie, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng and Xiao Xu

Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the diagnosis of post-kidney transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in native kidney- a case report

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) represent a spectrum of heterogenetic lymphoid proliferations. PTLD is a serious complication that affects the long-term survival of kidney transplant pati...

Authors: Jian-Chao Zhang, Hui-Xia Lan, Hui-Juan Zhao, Yang-Yang Lei, Li Ma, Xiao-Yan Xie, Ming-de Lu and Wei Wang

The role of vascular mimicry as a biomarker in malignant melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) a microvascular system consisting of non-endothelial cells that is newly formed by aggressive tumors, has been proposed as an important therapeutic target in malignant melanoma (MM). ...

Authors: Zhenhua Zhang, Saber Imani, Marzieh Dehghan Shasaltaneh, Hossein Hosseinifard, Linglin Zou, Yu Fan and Qinglian Wen

Study protocol of a phase II clinical trial of oral metformin for the intravesical treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is the most common neoplasm of the urinary tract and requires life-long invasive surveillance to detect disease recurrence. Currently, there are no effective oral the...

Authors: Remco J. Molenaar, Jons W. van Hattum, Iris S. Brummelhuis, Jorg R. Oddens, C. Dilara Savci-Heijink, Egbert R. Boevé, Saskia A. van der Meer, J. Fred Witjes, Michael N. Pollak, Theo M. de Reijke and Johanna W. Wilmink

Smoking related lung cancer mortality by education and sex in Norway

Authors: Merethe S. Hansen, Idlir Licaj, Tonje Braaten, Arnulf Langhammer, Loic Le Marchand and Inger Torhild Gram

Detection of disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow predict late recurrences in operable breast cancer patients

Operable breast cancer patients may experience late recurrences because of reactivation of dormant tumor cells within the bone marrow (BM). Identification of patients who would benefit from extended therapy is...

Authors: Kjersti Tjensvoll, Oddmund Nordgård, Maren Skjæveland, Satu Oltedal, Emiel A. M. Janssen and Bjørnar Gilje

MicroRNAs in Pancreatic Cancer: biomarkers, prognostic, and therapeutic modulators

A severe lack of early diagnosis coupled with resistance to most available therapeutic options renders pancreatic cancer as a major clinical concern. The limited efficacy of current treatments necessitates the...

Authors: Afra Z. Daoud, Eoghan J. Mulholland, Grace Cole and Helen O. McCarthy

Methodology of predicting novel key regulators in ovarian cancer network: a network theoretical approach

Identification of key regulator/s in ovarian cancer (OC) network is important for potential drug target and prevention from this cancer. This study proposes a method to identify the key regulators of this netw...

Authors: Md. Zubbair Malik, Keilash Chirom, Shahnawaz Ali, Romana Ishrat, Pallavi Somvanshi and R. K. Brojen Singh

Association of TM6SF2 rs58542926 T/C gene polymorphism with hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth-most common malignancy worldwide. Multiple previous studies have assessed the relationship between TM6SF2 gene polymorphism and the risk of developing HCC, with disc...

Authors: Shan Tang, Jing Zhang, Ting-Ting Mei, Hai-Qing Guo, Xin-Huan Wei, Wen-Yan Zhang, Ya-Li Liu, Shan Liang, Zuo-Peng Fan, Li-Xia Ma, Wei Lin, Yi-Rong Liu, Li-Xia Qiu and Hai-Bin Yu

Exploring the value of new preoperative inflammation prognostic score: white blood cell to hemoglobin for gastric adenocarcinoma patients

The platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR), and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) reflect the systematic inflammatory response, with some evidence revealing that they are ass...

Authors: Hua-Long Zheng, Jun Lu, Jian-Wei Xie, Jia-Bin Wang, Jian-Xian Lin, Qi-Yue Chen, Long-Long Cao, Mi Lin, Ru-Hong Tu, Ze-Ning Huang, Ju-Li Lin, Ping Li, Chao-Hui Zheng and Chang-Ming Huang

Synergism of wt-p53 and synthetic material in local nano-TAE gene therapy of hepatoma: comparison of four systems and the possible mechanism

TAE-gene therapy for hepatoma, incorporating the tumor-targeted therapeutic efficacy of trans-arterial embolization, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (nHAP) and anti-cancer wild-type p53 gene (wt-p53), was present...

Authors: Gaopeng Li, Wenqin Kang, Mingliang Jin, Lidong Zhang, Jian Zheng, Kai Jia, Jinfeng Ma, Ting Liu, Xueyi Dang, Zhifeng Yan, Zefeng Gao and Jun Xu

A comparison between triplet and doublet chemotherapy in improving the survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chemotherapy can improve the survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer. However, whether triplet chemotherapy can further improve the survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer compared with dou...

Authors: Xinjian Guo, Fuxing Zhao, Xinfu Ma, Guoshuang Shen, Dengfeng Ren, Fangchao Zheng, Feng Du, Ziyi Wang, Raees Ahmad, Xinyue Yuan, Junhui Zhao and Jiuda Zhao

The oncogene Gankyrin is expressed in testicular cancer and contributes to cisplatin sensitivity in embryonal carcinoma cells

Testicular germ cell cancer (TGCC) develops from pre-malignant germ neoplasia in situ (GCNIS) cells. GCNIS originates from fetal gonocytes (POU5F1⁺/MAGE-A4⁻), which fail to differentiate to pre-spermatogonia (POU...

Authors: Maria E. Camacho-Moll, Joni Macdonald, L. H. J. Looijenga, Michael P. Rimmer, Roland Donat, John A. Marwick, C. J. Shukla, Neil Carragher, Anne Jørgensen and Rod T. Mitchell

The association between hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha gene rs2057482 polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis

The rs2057482 polymorphism in the hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha (HIF1A) gene has been reported to be associated with a risk of several types of cancer, but this association has not yet been definitivel...

Authors: Li-Fang Wu, Gui-Ping Xu, Qing Zhao, Li-Jing Zhou, Ding Wang and Wei-Xian Chen

The long-term survival of patients with III-IVb stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with IMRT with or without Nimotuzumab: a propensity score-matched analysis

To assess the efficacy of Nimotuzumab in combination with first-line chemoradiotherapy treatment in Chinese patients with primary III-IVb stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Authors: Wang Zhi-Qiang, Mei Qi, Li Ji-Bin, You Rui, Liu You-Ping, Sun Rui, Hu Guang-Yuan, Chen Ming-Yuan and Hua Yi-Jun

Comparative transcriptome analysis of matched primary and distant metastatic ovarian carcinoma

High grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most common subtype of epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) with poor prognosis. In most cases EOC is widely disseminated at the time of diagnosis. Despite the op...

Authors: H. Sallinen, S. Janhonen, P. Pölönen, H. Niskanen, O. H. Liu, A. Kivelä, J. M. Hartikainen, M. Anttila, M. Heinäniemi, S. Ylä-Herttuala and M. U. Kaikkonen

Correlation between kidney transplantation and colorectal cancer in hemodialysis patients: A nationwide, retrospective, population-based cohort study

Kidney transplantation (KT) correlates with an increased risk of developing several malignancies; however, the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) after KT remains debatable and has been marginally explored. Hence...

Authors: Han-En Wang, Yu-Chan Liao, Je-Ming Hu, Wen-Chih Wu, Wan-Yun Chou, Yong-Chen Chen, Yu-Ching Chou, Chi-Feng Hung, Yu-Feng Tian, San-Lin You and Chien-An Sun

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor with intracranial metastasis: case presentation and systematic review of literature

Intracranial metastasis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) is rare but presents unique treatment challenges. We present a case of intracranial metastasis of GIST with a systematic review of the literat...

Authors: Marc Prablek, Visish M. Srinivasan, Aditya Srivatsan, Stephanie Holdener, Mazen Oneissi, Kent A. Heck, Ali Jalali, Jacob Mandel, Ashwin Viswanathan and Akash J. Patel

Efficacy, safety and feasibility of fosaprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in pediatric patients receiving moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy – results of a non-interventional observation study

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) belong among the most burdensome side effects in hemato-oncology. Mostly, a combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone is used as antiemetic prophylaxis in ped...

Authors: Semjon Willier, Karin Melanie Cabanillas Stanchi, Martina von Have, Vera Binder, Franziska Blaeschke, Judith Feucht, Tobias Feuchtinger and Michaela Döring

ACRNaCT trial protocol: efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with clinical T3b/T4, N+ rectal Cancer undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: a pathology-oriented, prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel group clinical trial

The CAO/ARO/AIO-94 demonstrated that neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) could decrease the rate of local recurrence rather than distal metastases in advanced rectal cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) can eli...

Authors: Qingguo Li, Dakui Luo, Ji Zhu, Lifeng Yang, Qi Liu, Yanlei Ma, Lei Liang, Sanjun Cai, Zhen Zhang and Xinxiang Li

A gene expression-based study on immune cell subtypes and glioma prognosis

Glioma is a common malignant tumours in the central nervous system (CNS), that exhibits high morbidity, a low cure rate, and a high recurrence rate. Currently, immune cells are increasingly known to play roles...

Authors: Qiu-Yue Zhong, Er-Xi Fan, Guang-Yong Feng, Qi-Ying Chen, Xiao-Xia Gou, Guo-Jun Yue and Gui-hai Zhang

Whole lesion histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficients on MRI predicts disease-free survival in locally advanced squamous cell cervical cancer after radical chemo-radiotherapy

The aim was to investigate the prognostic value of MR apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) using histogram analysis (HA) in predicting disease-free survival (DFS) of cervical cancer after chemo-radiation ther...

Authors: Bo Zhao, Kun Cao, Xiao-Ting Li, Hai-Tao Zhu and Ying-Shi Sun

Expression of the luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) in ovarian cancer

We investigated the association of LHR expression in epithelial ovarian cancer (OC) with clinical and pathologic characteristics of patients. LHR expression was examined immunohistochemically using tissue micr...

Authors: Shigang Xiong, Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia, Denice Tsao-Wei, Lynda Roman, Rajesh K. Gaur, Alan L. Epstein and Jacek Pinski

Correction to: Cinnamon extract induces tumor cell death through inhibition of NFκB and AP1

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors have re-evaluated the authorship for this article. The updated author group is:

Authors: Ho-Keun Kwon, Ji-Sun Hwang, Jae-Seon So, Choong-Gu Lee, Anupama Sahoo, Jae-Ha Ryu, Won Kyung Jeon, Byoung Seob Ko, Sung Haeng Lee, Zee Yong Park and Sin-Hyeog Im

Silencing of long-non-coding RNA ANCR suppresses the migration and invasion of osteosarcoma cells by activating the p38MAPK signalling pathway

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignancy of the bone that has no clearly identified prognostic factors for diagnosis. In this study, we evaluated the regulatory role of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) ANCR on the migrat...

Authors: Bo Liu, Hongyan Zhao, Lili Zhang and Xuefeng Shi

Characterizing MRI features of rectal cancers with different KRAS status

To investigate whether MRI findings, including texture analysis, can differentiate KRAS mutation status in rectal cancer.

Authors: Yanyan Xu, Qiaoyu Xu, Yanhui Ma, Jianghui Duan, Haibo Zhang, Tongxi Liu, Lu Li, Hongliang Sun, Kaining Shi, Sheng Xie and Wu Wang

Mapping of sentinel lymph node drainage using SPECT/CT to tailor elective nodal irradiation in head and neck cancer patients (SUSPECT-2): a single-center prospective trial

The majority of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) receive bilateral elective nodal irradiation (ENI), in order to reduce the risk of regional failure. Bilateral ENI, as compared to un...

Authors: Pieter D. de Veij Mestdagh, Willem H. Schreuder, Wouter V. Vogel, Maarten L. Donswijk, Eric van Werkhoven, Jacqueline E. van der Wal, Richard Dirven, Baris Karakullukcu, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Michiel W. M. van den Brekel, Corrie A. M. Marijnen and Abrahim Al-Mamgani

Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a biomarker in metachronous melanoma and colorectal cancer- a case report

Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) has emerged as a promising blood-based biomarker for monitoring disease status of patients with advanced cancers. The presence of ctDNA in the blood is a result of biological pro...

Authors: Leslie Calapre, Lydia Warburton, Michael Millward and Elin S. Gray

Failure patterns after curative resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: possible implications for postoperative radiotherapy

To explore the patterns of failures and areas at highest risk of recurrence for postoperative intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC), with the aim to guide IHCC adjuvant radiotherapy.

Authors: Wei Yu, Chunxiu Hu, Yongjie Shui, Kui Wu, Lili Zhang, Ying Chen, Chao Li, Jing Xu and Qichun Wei

Atypical ovarian carcinoid tumor with widespread skeletal metastases: a case report of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in a young woman

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited condition affecting multiple endocrine organs, resulting in significant morbidity and decreased life expectancy. Early tumor id...

Authors: Lei Lou, Lixia Zhou, Wenyan Wang, Huina Li and Yuehong Li

Lapatinib sensitivity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma is modulated by SIRT2-mediated FOXO3 deacetylation

Chemoresistance is an obstacle to the successful treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Lapatinib is a targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapeutic drug also used to treat NPC, but high doses are often...

Authors: Sathid Aimjongjun, Zimam Mahmud, Yannasittha Jiramongkol, Glowi Alasiri, Shang Yao, Ernesto Yagüe, Tavan Janvilisri and Eric W.-F. Lam

Incidence of atrial fibrillation in different major cancer subtypes: a Nationwide population-based 12 year follow up study

The prevalence of both atrial fibrillation (AF) and malignancies are increasing in the elderly, but incidences of new onset AF in different cancer subtypes are not well described.The objectives of this study w...

Authors: Christina Boegh Jakobsen, Morten Lamberts, Nicholas Carlson, Morten Lock-Hansen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Gunnar H. Gislason and Morten Schou

Relationship between WBRT total dose, intracranial tumor control, and overall survival in NSCLC patients with brain metastases - a single-center retrospective analysis

The relationship between whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) dose with intracranial tumor control and overall survival (OS) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) brain metastases (BM) is largely unkn...

Authors: Zhensheng Li, Dongxing Shen, Jian Zhang, Jun Zhang, Fang Yang, Deyou Kong, Jie Kong and Andu Zhang

The value of miR-155 as a biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Recently, a growing number of studies have reported the coorelation between miR-155 and the diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer, but results of these researches were still controversial due to insufficient ...

Authors: Chuchu Shao, Fengming Yang, Zhiqiang Qin, Xinming Jing, Yongqian Shu and Hua Shen

PRISM protocol: a randomised phase II trial of nivolumab in combination with alternatively scheduled ipilimumab in first-line treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma

The combination of nivolumab, a programmed death-1 (PD-1) targeted monoclonal antibody, with the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) targeted antibody, ipilimumab, represents a new standard of care in th...

Authors: Hannah L. Buckley, Fiona J. Collinson, Gemma Ainsworth, Heather Poad, Louise Flanagan, Eszter Katona, Helen C. Howard, Geraldine Murden, Rosamonde E. Banks, Joanne Brown, Galina Velikova, Tom Waddell, Kate Fife, Paul D. Nathan, James Larkin, Thomas Powles…

Primary low grade myxofibrosarcoma of the liver with benign presentation but malignant outcome: a case report

Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is most often found on the limbs of aged male people, but extremely uncommon in the liver.

Authors: Zigong Shao, Baoping Jiao, Juanhan Yu and Hao Liu

MiR-155 promotes anaplastic thyroid cancer progression by directly targeting SOCS1

Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is considered to be a rare type of thyroid cancer but takes up the most important proportion of thyroid cancer-related deaths. Therefore, the development of molecular targeted t...

Authors: Wei Zhang, Wenyue Ji and Xudong Zhao

Surgery for elderly patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, a comparison with non-surgical treatments: a retrospective study outcomes of resectable pancreatic cancer

We designed a retrospective study to compare prognostic outcomes based on whether or not surgical resection was performed in elderly patients aged(≥75 years) with resectable pancreatic cancer.

Authors: Hyeong Min Park, Sang-Jae Park, Sung-Sik Han and Seoung Hoon Kim