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- n. surgery A measure of the expected benefits of a resection
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“The tumors vary in their resectability, radiosensitivity, and responsiveness to chemotherapy.”
“It is equivalent and complementary to CT for staging pancreatic cancer and predicting vascular invasion and local resectability.”
“Preoperative gemcitabine based chemoradiation might benefit patients with locally advanced non metastatic pancreatic cancer by increasing the resectability without significant acute toxicity.”
“Approximately 6 weeks after the completion of chemo radiation, an evaluation was performed regarding tumour response and resectability as well as acute toxicity.”
“This work aims at assessing the efficacy of preoperative gemcitabine based chemo-radiotherapy in increasing the resectability rate for patients 'locally advanced pancreatic cancer.”
“Slide 13: Mass lesion not seen on CT or Ultrasound Mass lesion in a candidate for major pancreatic resection Criteria for resectability Mass lesion in a patient who is unfit for a major pancreatic resection”
“The especially interesting findings of this study were the very high response rates, the good outcome in terms of resectability and the short time it took before patients were able to undergo surgery," he commented.”
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