CARCINOMA OF BODY AND TAIL OF PANCREAS
Authors: C STRANG, J N WALTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 July 1953CARCINOMA OF BODY AND TAIL OF PANCREASCHRISTOPHER STRANG, JOHN N. WALTONCHRISTOPHER STRANGSearch for more papers by this author, JOHN N. WALTONSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-1-15 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONA brief survey of textbook descriptions concerned with the clinical picture produced by pancreatic carcinoma will usually leave the reader with the impression that neoplasia, other than in the head of the organ, is of extreme rarity. Indeed, Aird,1in a chapter of eight pages on carcinoma of the pancreas, dismisses growths of the body and tail in three lines. 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