Carcinoma of the pancreas. Is treatment worthwhile?
A study of 60 patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas demonstrates the poor prognosis associated with this disease. Unless patients had localized, resectable tumors, survival was virtually unchanged by any treatment prescribed.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis