| Autor: |
Mitsuhiro Shimura, Masamichi Mizuma, Hiroki Hayashi, Akiko Mori, Tomoyoshi Tachibana, Tatsuo Hata, Masahiro Iseki, Tatsuyuki Takadate, Kyohei Ariake, Shimpei Maeda, Hideo Ohtsuka, Naoaki Sakata, Takanori Morikawa, Kei Nakagawa, Takeshi Naitoh, Takashi Kamei, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Michiaki Unno |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
Surgical Case Reports, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2198-7793 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40792-017-0409-9 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer with distant metastases is classified as “unresectable,” for which the standard treatment is systemic chemotherapy. The effectiveness of radical resection for pancreatic cancer with distant metastases is unknown. Here, we report a case of long term survival treated with conversion surgery following chemotherapy after diagnostic metastasectomy for pancreatic cancer with synchronous liver metastasis. Case presentation A 73-year-old man was referred to our hospital to examine and treat for cancer of the pancreatic body. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a 26-mm hypovascular tumor in contact with the common hepatic artery (CHA) (> 180°), the celiac artery ( |
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