Pancreatic Cancer

• Main Authors: Neoptolemos, John P. (Author), Urrutia, Raul (Author), Abbruzzese, James L. (Author), Büchler, Markus W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Endocrinology.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

Worldwide, there are an estimated 232, 000 new cases of pancreatic cancer annually. In the United States, it is the fourth leading cause of cancer death, and approximately 30,000 people die of pancreatic cancer each year. The disease is difficult to diagnose in its early stages, and most patients ha...