title: [Guidelines in therapy of pancreatic carcinoma].
abstract: The definition of guidelines as merely describing a "corridor of action" and the existence of numerous up-to-date textbooks on the subject raises the question as to their purpose and necessity. This paper provides a critical commentary on existing guidelines. Above all it points out that the sections on preoperative diagnosis and palliative surgery require amendments barely 8 months after publication of the guidelines. Thus while the compilation of guidelines is laudable, it is both expensive and time-consuming, and this problem is potentiated by the need for constant amendment.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Mannheim.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trede
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
vernacular_title: Leitlinien zur Therapie des Pankreaskarzinoms.