Controversies in periampullary tumors.

Hepatogastroenterology

Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, General Surgery, Sihhiye, Ankara 06810, Turkey.

Published: June 2009

Periampullary tumors are one of the most common tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Despite the increase of 1-5% in five year life expectancy in periampullary tumors prognosis is still poor. The controversies in diagnosis, surgical and adjuvant treatment will be discussed in this article.

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