Jaundice: an important, poorly recognized risk factor for diminished survival in patients with adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas
| Autor: | David C. Linehan, Carolyn M. Phillips, Ryan C. Fields, Steven M. Strasberg, Dominic E. Sanford, William G. Hawkins, Danielle Carpenter, Elizabeth M. Brunt, Feng Gao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Cellular immunity medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Adenocarcinoma Gastroenterology Internal medicine medicine Humans Risk factor Univariate analysis Hepatology Proportional hazards model business.industry Odds ratio Jaundice medicine.disease Surgery Pancreatic Neoplasms Jaundice Obstructive Pancreatectomy Original Article Female medicine.symptom business |
| Popis: | Objectives: Jaundice impairs cellular immunity, an important defence against the dissemination of cancer. Jaundice is a common mode of presentation in pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an association between preoperative jaundice and survival in patients who have undergone resection of such tumours. Methods: Thirty possible survival risk factors were evaluated in a database of over 400 resected patients. Univariate analysis was used to determine odds ratio for death. All factors for which a P-value of |
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