Pancreatic Cancer

• Main Authors: Riess, Hanno (Author), Goerke, Andrea (Author), Oettle, Helmut (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 177
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Although pancreatic cancer is one of the most serious forms of cancers, the outlook for patients could be improved. The lack of clinical symptoms of early, surgically removable disease most often limits curative treatment options. The aggressive tumor cell biology, leading to a locally advanced natu...