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Patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas have a dismal prognosis. Only 3% of all patients with this tumor survive for 5 yr (1). However, resection of pancreatic cancer in selected patients can lead to 5-yr survival rates of 20%, as well as prolongation of median survival for those who recur (2,3). A key task in managing patients with pancreatic cancer is to efficiently determine which patients may benefit from a therapeutic intervention, and which patients are unlikely to receive either significant palliation or chance of cure from a potentially morbid therapy.
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Schwarze, M., Rattner, D.W. (1998). Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer. In: Reber, H.A. (eds) Pancreatic Cancer. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1810-4_9
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