1956
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(56)90092-4
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Carcinoma of the pancreas

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“…The sex distribution of 2 males and 6 females, the very favorable stage presentation (3 of 8 localized), and the relatively good survival (2 of 8 patients alive at 3 years) parallel the literature reports (see Clifton, 1959 for a review) and set off these cancers, like the papillary cancers, from other cancers of the exocrine pancreas.…”
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confidence: 70%
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“…The sex distribution of 2 males and 6 females, the very favorable stage presentation (3 of 8 localized), and the relatively good survival (2 of 8 patients alive at 3 years) parallel the literature reports (see Clifton, 1959 for a review) and set off these cancers, like the papillary cancers, from other cancers of the exocrine pancreas.…”
Section: Squamous Metaplashsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Factors that may explain this include (1) the late presentation and therefore dismal prognosis of most patients with this visceral malignancy, (2) the ineffectiveness of available therapy, and (3) the relative infrequency with which this diagnosis is made, accounting for 1 t o 2% of all carcinomas in postmortem series (Clifton, 1959). However, several reportsindicate that the incidence of pancreatic cancer has probably been increasing in recent decades, although the magnitude of the increase is open to some debate (Krain, 1970;Lazar et al, 1960).…”
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“…In Strang and Walton's (2) cases of carcinoma of the body and tail of the pancreas, 29 per cent of the autopsies revealed arterial or venous thrombi. Multiple thrombi are especially significant in association with tumors of the body and tail of the pancreas; the incidence is reported to be 33 per cent (9–11).…”
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confidence: 99%