Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 6 , Pages 432-443 , 2007

Predictors of Recurrence After Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Ampullary Cancer: Comparison Between Non-, Early and Late Recurrence

  • Hui-Ping Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
    • ,
  • Yan-Shen Shan

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yan-Shen Shan, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Hsiang Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
    • ,
  • Ta-Ming Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pin-Wen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Received 29 August 2006 ,Revised 5 December 2006 ,Accepted 6 February 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60292-8

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60292-8

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 6 , Pages 432-443 , 2007

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