title: [Cancer of the distal pancreas: comments on its diagnosis and therapy].
abstract: The authors report 14 cases of neoplasms involving the pancreatic body and tail. Duration and characteristics of symptoms at outbreak, diagnostic work-up, resection rates, morbidity and operative mortality are statistically analysed and compared with those found in the same period in patients with cancer of the pancreatic head. A number of important differences between these two locations are detected and analytically discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Universitá degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tocchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lepre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liotta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sita
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies