Laparoscopic staging should be used routinely for locally extensive cancer of the pancreatic head.
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Rockson C
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Section of General, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98111, USA.
Traverso
L William
LW
D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed