Why is pancreatic cancer so deadly?: the pathologist's view
The remarkable aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer has never been fully explained. Although clearly multifactorial, we postulate that venous invasion, a finding seen in most pancreatic cancers but not in most cancers of other organs, may be a significant, underappreciated contributor to the aggressi...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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15 April 2019
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The journal of pathology
Year: 2019, Volume: 248, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-141 |
| ISSN: | 1096-9896 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/path.5260 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/path.5260 Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/path.5260 
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| Author Notes: | Ralph H. Hruban, Matthias M. Gaida, Elizabeth Thompson, Seung-Mo Hong, Michaël Noë, Lodewijk AA Brosens, Martine Jongepier, G. Johan A. Offerhaus and Laura D. Wood |
| Summary: | The remarkable aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer has never been fully explained. Although clearly multifactorial, we postulate that venous invasion, a finding seen in most pancreatic cancers but not in most cancers of other organs, may be a significant, underappreciated contributor to the aggressiveness of this disease. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 19.06.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1096-9896 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/path.5260 |