Common Bile Duct Neoplasms

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Aberrant expression of p53, p21, cyclin D1, and Bcl2 and their clinicopathological correlation in ampullary adenocarcinoma. 
  • Carcinoid of the ampulla of Vater presenting as acute pancreatitis. 
  • Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: patterns of failure following resection and benefit of chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Clinicopathologic features and prognosis of duodenal adenocarcinoma and comparison with ampullary and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. 
  • Collision tumour of the ampulla of Vater: carcinoid and adenocarcinoma. 
  • Cystic duct patency in malignant obstructive jaundice. An ERCP-based study relevant to the role of laparoscopic cholecystojejunostomy. 
  • Development of an integrated biospecimen bank and multidisciplinary clinical database for pancreatic cancer. 
  • Diagnosis please. Case 2: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tree. 
  • EMR of ampullary gangliocytic paragangliomas. 
  • Endoscopic versus surgical ampullectomy: an algorithm to treat disease of the ampulla of Vater. 
  • Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway is frequently altered in ampullary carcinoma at protein and genetic levels. 
  • Gene expression profiling of ampullary carcinomas classifies ampullary carcinomas into biliary-like and intestinal-like subtypes that are prognostic of outcome. 
  • Indications for and the technique of local resection of tumors of the papilla of Vater. 
  • Local ampullary resection with careful intraoperative frozen section evaluation for presumed benign ampullary neoplasms. 
  • Management of occluded metal stents in malignant biliary obstruction: similar outcomes with second metal stents compared to plastic stents. 
  • Metastatic ampullary adenocarcinoma presenting as a hydrocele: a case report. 
  • Pathologic grade and tumor size are associated with recurrence-free survival in patients with duodenal neuroendocrine tumors. 
  • Patterns of failure after pancreaticoduodenectomy for ampullary carcinoma. 
  • Phase II study of capecitabine and oxaliplatin for advanced adenocarcinoma of the small bowel and ampulla of Vater. 
  • Photodynamic therapy for malignant tumours of the ampulla of Vater. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with pancreatic cancer: toxicity of endobiliary stents. 
  • Prognostic indicators following curative pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic carcinoma: A retrospective multivariate analysis of a single centre experience. 
  • Pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy. A clinical and physiologic appraisal. 
  • The expression of PTEN is associated with improved prognosis in patients with ampullary adenocarcinoma after pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • The management of tumors of the ampulla of Vater by local resection. 
  • The role of laparoscopy in the management of suspected pancreatic and periampullary malignancies. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Uronis, Hope Elizabeth, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology
  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke Science & Society