Cystic pancreatic lesions – Do we need radical surgery?

• Published in: Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] Vol. 13; no. 3; p. S84
• Main Authors: Bausch, Dirk, Tittelbach-Helmrich, Dietlind, Hopt, Ulrich-Theodor, Keck, Tobias, Karcz, Konrad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Elsevier B.V 01.05.2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Accuracy; Cysts; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Multivariate analysis; Tumors

Of resected IPMN, 46% were invasive and multivariate analysis disclosed younger age, absence of symptoms or former malignancy and presence of diabetes as independent risk factors for invasive transformation.