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CASE REPORT
Aggressive secondary surgery for local recurrence of pancreatic cancer
  1. Norihiro Shimoike,
  2. Takahisa Fujikawa,
  3. Hisatsugu Maekawa,
  4. Akira Tanaka
  1. Department of Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Takahisa Fujikawa, fujikawa-t{at}kokurakinen.or.jp

Summary

We report two cases of locally recurrent pancreatic cancer treated with repeated resection. In both cases, local recurrence was found in the cut end of the remnant pancreas after initial pancreatic resection, and total remnant pancreatectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and long-term survival was achieved. Aggressive repeated surgical resection could improve the prognosis of selected patients who are suffering from local recurrence of pancreatic cancer, and can be considered as a treatment option.

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