RT Book, Section
A1 Hameed, S. Morad
A1 Dixon, Elijah
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Balch, Charles M.
A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne
A2 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A2 Posner, Mitchell C.
A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145764425
T1 Distal Cholangiocarcinoma and Periampullary Cancer
T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793315
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145764425
RD 2024/04/23
AB Located  deep  within  the  surgical  soul,  and  surrounded  by  a  forest  of  critical  structures,  cancers  of  the  distal  biliary  tract  and  periampullary  region  are  difficult  to  diagnose,  and  even  more  difficult  to  treat.  They  demonstrate  aggressive  biology  and  they  present  late,  features  that  often  make  them  unmanageable,  and  even  uniformly  fatal.  However,  advances  in  our  understanding  of  molecular  genetics,  diagnostic  imaging,  surgical  technique,  neoadjuvant  and  adjuvant  therapies,  and  palliative  care  have  opened  new  options  for  the  care  of  patients  with  these  malignancies.  Scientific  advances  over  the  next  few  years  will  place  us  on  an  exciting  new  frontier  in  the  journey  to  successfully  address  what  has  been  one  of  surgery’s  greatest  challenges.