[Surgical therapy of tumor of body and tail of pancreas: report of 117 cases].
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.
Liu
Qian
Q
Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital and Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100021, China.
Zhao
Ping
P
Wang
Cheng-feng
CF
Cai
Jian-qiang
JQ
Shao
Yong-fu
YF
Bai
Xiao-feng
XF
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