title: Cystic tumours of the pancreas.
abstract: Pancreatic carcinoma accounts for the most dismal survival among all malignancies with 5-year survival rates approaching 5%. The reason for this, besides the inherent biologic nature of the disease, is the fact that the patients tend to present late in the disease. We present a review of the current published data on cystic neoplasms of the pancreas, which though rare, constitute an important subgroup of pancreatic neoplasms that have a better prognosis and are potentially curable lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barreto
authors.forename: Parul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Mukta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramadwar
authors.forename: Supreeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arya
authors.forename: Shailesh V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Shrikhande