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Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 7/2009

01-07-2009 | CONSENSUS REPORT: RESECTABLE AND BORDERLINE RESECTABLE PANCREAS CANCER

AHPBA/SSO/SSAT Consensus Conference on Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Rationale and Overview of the Conference

Authors: Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, Elijah Dixon, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 7/2009

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On January 24, 2008, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association convened a Consensus Conference on Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. The conference was cosponsored by the Society of Surgical Oncology, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Gastrointestinal Symposium Steering Committee. The goals of this conference were to define resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer and to review the indications and contraindications for surgery, neoadjuvant therapy, and adjuvant therapy for these lesions. The meeting took place over 1 day and was divided into three sessions addressing (1) pretreatment assessment, (2) surgical treatment, and (3) combined-modality treatment. …
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Title
AHPBA/SSO/SSAT Consensus Conference on Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Rationale and Overview of the Conference
Authors
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD
Elijah Dixon, MD
Publication date
01-07-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 7/2009
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0409-5

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