Pancreatic carcinoma has ranked as one of the most lethal diseases and its 5-year overall survival (OS) is less than 8%, which will become the second most common cause in… Click to show full abstract
Pancreatic carcinoma has ranked as one of the most lethal diseases and its 5-year overall survival (OS) is less than 8%, which will become the second most common cause in the USA of cancer-related deaths by the year (1-3). Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is the widely used operation in approximately 75% of patients with pancreatic head carcinoma (PHC). Current treatment strategies need to be highlighted and improved due to its highly aggressive nature with poor prognosis. Nowadays, surgical resection is considered as the potentially curative therapy. However, because of its difficulty in definite early diagnosis, merely Original Article
               
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