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The results of therapy for carcinoma of the pancreas are very poor; therefore, this chapter, generated by the desire to improve the end results, should be read from a special point of view. At present, nearly 90% of the pancreatic cancers are incurable at the time of surgical intervention [12]. In order to improve the prognosis of these cancers diagnoses must be achieved earlier.
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Baumel, H., Deixonne, B., Dubois, A., Lopez, F.M., Lopez, P. (1986). Present Strategies for Diagnosis. In: Baumel, H., Deixonne, B. (eds) Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71178-7_6
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