title: [Surgical therapy of tumor of body and tail of pancreas: report of 117 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore diagnosis and surgery therapy and factors influencing the prognosis of tumor of body and tail of the pancreas.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 117 cases of tumor of tail and body of pancreas who underwent operation were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Imaging and tumor marker detection can give exact diagnosis to cases with tumors of body and tail of pancreas. The medial survival time of radical resection, palliative resection and exploratory laparotomy were 18, 8 and 3.5 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Atypical signs should be noticed, combined imaging and serum detection can diagnose the cases exactly, radical resection is the unique method for long survival, the diameter of the tumor and degree of infiltration to major vessels and organs is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital and Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100021, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Cheng-feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yong-fu
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Xiao-feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome