Pancreatic tumors. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Pramod Kumar Garg.
• Editors: Garg, Pramod Kumar
• Other Names: Elsevier Clinical Advisory Board.
• Contents: Front Cover; Pancreatic Tumors; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Epidemiology of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma; INTRODUCTION; PANCREATIC CANCER; INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE; MORTALITY TRENDS; AGE AND SEX; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Risk Factors, Clinical Features, and Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer; RISK FACTORS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER; DIAGNOSIS OF PANCREATIC CANCER; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer; INTRODUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ROLE OF IMAGING IN RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TO THERAPY. IMAGING OF VARIANTS OF PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMAIMAGING MIMICS OF PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging in Pancreatic Tumors; INTRODUCTION; CONVENTIONAL IMAGING IN PANCREATIC TUMORS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Endotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer; INTRODUCTION; DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF PANCREATIC CANCER; ROLE OF ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PAIN CONTROL; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Surgical Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer; INTRODUCTION; ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. Chapter 7. Chemotherapy for Pancreatic AdenocarcinomaINTRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT OF RESECTABLEPAN CREATIC CANCER; MANAGEMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED PANCREATIC CANCER; MANAGEMENT OF METASTATIC PANCREATIC CANCER; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, and Management; INTRODUCTION; SEROUS CYSTIC NEOPLASMS; MUCINOUS CYSTIC NEOPLASMS; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASMS; INTRADUCTAL TUBULOPAPILLARY NEOPLASMS; SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY NEOPLASMS (SPNs); CYSTIC DEGENERATION OF SOLID PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS. EPIDEMIOLOGYCLINICAL PRESENTATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Medical Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors; INTRODUCTION; PEPTIDE RECEPTOR RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99 616.99437; Pancreas -- Tumors; Pancreas -- Cancer; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; MEDICAL -- Oncology; MEDICAL -- Gastroenterology; Pancreas -- Cancer; Pancreas -- Tumors; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131239650; 8131239659
• Related ISBNs: 9788131236055
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 8, 2015).
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