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Distal pancreatectomy--does it have a role for pancreatic body and tail cancer.

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1998

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Masato Kayahara, Takukazu Nagakawa, Kentaro Ueno, T Ohta, H Kitagawa, Hajime Arakawa, H. Yagi, Hidehiro Tajima, K Miwa
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Abstract

Surgical resection prolongs the average survival for patients with carcinoma of the body and tail of the pancreas, except for the patients with multiple liver metastasis. These data support the role of palliative pancreatectomy in patients with carcinoma of the body and tail pancreas.