title: [Duodenal cancer].
abstract: To analyze the general characteristics and outcome of a cohort of 6 patients with malignant duodenal tumors who underwent surgical radical resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal retrolective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A third level medical center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age was 48 years. M/F ratio was 2:1. The most frequent symptom was duodenal obstruction. Mean time between the beginning of the symptoms and the correct diagnosis was 15 months. Five of six patients demonstrated abnormalities on gastrointestinal X rays. All patients underwent Whipple resection, this was curative in 2, palliative in 2 more and not evaluated in two cases due to operative mortality. Five tumors were adenocarcinomas and one a carcinoid tumor. The long-term mortality occurred in 2 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of primary duodenal carcinoma needs a deep clinical suspicion, some patients when treated by radical resection may experience long-term survival.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Cáncer de duodeno.