Objective The authors reviewed the pathology, complications, and outcomes in a consecutive
group of 650 patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy in the 1990s. Summary …

Objective: To trace the evolution of pancreaticoduodenectomy from the decade of the 1960s
through the first decade of the new Millenium, through the experience of one surgeon doing …

The development of noninvasive methods to detect and monitor tumors continues to be a
major challenge in oncology. We used digital polymerase chain reaction–based technologies …

Objective To examine trends in outcomes of patients undergoing resection at a single tertiary
care referral center over a 16-year period. Summary Background Data Hepatic resection is …

Results: We noted a dramatic increase in the use of the classification in many fields of surgery.
About half of the studies used the contracted form, whereas the rest used the full range of …

This large-volume, single-institution review examines factors influencing long-term survival
after resection in patients with adenocarcinoma of the head, neck, uncinate process, body, or …

Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) with the possible addition of neoadjuvant or adjuvant
therapy is the standard of care in the United States for adenocarcinoma originating in the …

Objective The objective of this article is to introduce a simple method for classifying
cholangiocarcinomas and to apply this system to analyze a large number of patients from a single …

Objective: To assess long-term survival and prognostic factors in a large series of patients
with bile duct cancer. Summary Background Data: The incidence of bile duct cancer is low but …

The mineral content of bone can be determined by measuring the absorption by bone of a
monochromatic, low-energy photon beam which originates in a radioactive source (iodine-…