Palliative Endoscopic Treatment Options in Malignancies of the Biliopancreatic System

In most of the cases, pancreatic cancer and malignancies of the bile tract can only be treated palliatively. Endoscopy offers several methods for effective control of the symptoms in those situations. In pancreatic cancer, stenting of bile ducts enables a control of jaundice most of the time. Stenti...

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Main Authors: Feisthammel, Jürgen, Mössner, Joachim, Hoffmeister, Albrecht
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: S. Karger Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften GmbH 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513803/