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DIPLOMA Approach for Standardized Pathology Assessment of Distal Pancreatectomy Specimens
Published on: February 1, 2020
[Diagnosis and assessment of pancreatic cancer]
Michael Bau Mortensen1, Birgitte Svolgaard, Mogens Vyberg Odense
1Øvre GI Sektion, Kirurgisk Afdeling A, Odense Universitetshospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. m.bau@dadlnet.dk
Abstract:
A precise, lenient and multidisciplinary pre-therapeutic evaluation is mandatory in order to reach an optimal treatment decision in patients with pancreatic cancer. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), computed tomography, laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography (LAP/LUS) are used in the diagnosis, TNM-staging and resectability assessment of these patients. Ductal adenocarcinoma is the most common tumour of the pancreas, and biopsies may be obtained during transabdominal ultrasound, EUS or LUS. However, preoperative confirmation of malignancy is not necessary unless chemo- or chemoradiation therapy is indicated.
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