title: Surgical approaches to pancreatic cancer.
abstract: Pancreatic cancer continues to be a significant health problem. Recent advances in medical technologies allow patients with pancreatic cancer to undergo diagnosis, staging, treatment, and palliation, and to minimize the traditional use of laparotomy as a method of obtaining information to facilitate treatment planning. Pancreatic surgery, which can impact duration and quality of life, can be reserved for that subset of patients likely to benefit from a surgical approach tailored to the specific needs of the individual patient.
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanford
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D018579:Patient Selection; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome