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Cystic tumors are uncommon pancreatic lesions but, at least according to our experience, they account for 30% of radical pancreatic resections. This high frequency can be explained by several reasons but especially by the increasingly widespread use of modern imaging techniques, such that in the clinical workup of unrelated conditions, suspicious cystic pancreatic lesions are often incidentally revealed. The resulting likelihood of early detection has improved the management of these patients
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Auriemma, A., Melisi, D., Tortora, G. (2013). The Role of the Oncologist in the Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Cystic Neoplasms. In: Pederzoli, P., Bassi, C. (eds) Uncommon Pancreatic Neoplasms. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2673-5_6
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