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AUTHOR
M. Möhler
Neue Chemotherapeutika in der Therapie des fortgeschrittenen Magenkarzinoms
Over the last years the therapeutic possibilities for advanced gastric cancer have significantly increased. Here we discuss the new chemotherapeutic options and the existing results in palliative therapy.
Treatment of Metachronous and Simultaneous Liver Metastases of Pancreatic Cancer
<i>Aim:</i> Patients were analyzed who underwent treatment of liver metastases from pancreatic cancer. <i>Methods:</i> Selection criteria were the possibility of R0 resection of the primary and/or the liver metastases, no other sites of metastases, and the presentation of liver metastases. A comparison of treatment by surgery versus chemotherapy regarding overall survival and disease-free interval was performed. <i>Results:</i> Between 1996 and 2008, a total number of 23 patients were retrospectively identified from a prospective database of 193 cases of pancreatic cancer. In 14 cases, liver metastases were found simultaneously, and in 9 cases metachronou…