Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 507-535 , November 2005

Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas; What a clinician should know

  • George H. Sakorafas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, 251 Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Hospital, Messogion and Katehaki Avenue, 115 25 Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 74 87 318; fax: +30 210 74 87 192.
    • ,
  • Michael G. Sarr

      Affiliations

    • James C. Masson Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Alfred Building, Room 2-435, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • Tel.: +1 507 255 5713; fax: +1 507 255 6318.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.09.001

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 507-535 , November 2005

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