The use of histopathological subtyping in patients with ampullary cancer: a nationwide analysis

Abstract Background Recent guidelines advise to subtype adenocarcinoma at the ampulla and papilla of Vater (here: ampullary cancer) as intestinal, pancreatobiliary, and mixed, because this has consequences for both prognosis and treatment. This nationwide study aimed to investigate how often histopa...

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Main Authors: Jacob de Bakker, Dirkje Sommeijer, Marc Besselink, Geert Kazemier, Nicole van Grieken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-022-02873-y