Detecting and staging malignancy Journal Article


Authors: Shoup, M.; Conlon, K. C.
Article Title: Detecting and staging malignancy
Abstract: Laparoscopy has emerged from limited use in general surgical practice to widespread indications among surgical oncologists. This method is beneficial in the detection and staging of upper gastrointestinal malignancies. Patients with unresectable disease often are spared unnecessary laparotomy, thus avoiding the consequent morbidity. The role of laparoscopic surgery as a therapeutic tool in patients with resectable upper gastrointestinal malignancy remains to be defined, but early reports suggest that it may indeed have a role, and that it will be added to the armamentarium of the surgical oncologist.
Keywords: pancreas cancer; cancer staging; cancer diagnosis; laparoscopic surgery; metastasis; diagnostic imaging; digestive system cancer; algorithm; stomach cancer; esophagus cancer; peritoneal disease; hepatobiliary system cancer; priority journal; article
Journal Title: Problems in General Surgery
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0739-8328
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  
Date Published: 2001-01-01
Start Page: 64
End Page: 72
Language: English
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Export Date: 21 May 2015 -- Source: Scopus