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Duodenopancreatectomy for Gastric Cancer

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New Trends in Gastric Cancer

Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology ((DION,volume 59))

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Duodenopancreatectomy for gastric cancer is a well recognized surgical procedure essentially motivated by the need for a radical approach in cases of neoplasms infiltrating the head of the pancreas [1–3]. Despite the indications of various Japanese authors [4] we believe that total gastrectomy should be associated with duodenopancreatectomy [5] with the aim of achieving a R3 resection [6–9]. Nevertheless some clinical situations do require duodenopancreatectomy not only for oncological reasons. The following case report represents such a problem.

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Campana, F.P. et al. (1990). Duodenopancreatectomy for Gastric Cancer. In: Reed, P.I., Carboni, M., Johnston, B.J., Guadagni, S. (eds) New Trends in Gastric Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2167-2_19

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