title: Surgical treatment of pancreatic head cancer: concept revolutions and arguments.
abstract: As we have a deeper and more thorough understanding of the biological behavior of pancreatic head cancer, surgical treatment concepts of this lethal disease are changing all the time. Meanwhile, numerous arguments emerge. Thus, we will probe into the focuses and arguments in the surgical treatment of pancreatic head cancer in this article, including the scope of lymphadenectomy, total mesopancreas excision (TMpE), vascular resection, minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), palliative resection, surgery for recurrent disease and surgery for primary pancreatic cancer and liver metastasis.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China ; 2 Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China ; 2 Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China ; 2 Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Qianqian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China ; 2 Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Taiping
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China ; 2 Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Yupei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: Surgical treatment; pancreatic head cancer