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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2009; 15(8): 978-982
Published online Feb 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.978
Published online Feb 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.978
Surgical palliation of unresectable pancreatic head cancer in elderly patients
Sang Il Hwang, Hyung Ook Kim, Byung Ho Son, Chang Hak Yoo, Hungdai Kim, Jun Ho Shin, Department of Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea
Author contributions: Hwang SI analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the draft manuscript; Kim HO and Son BH contributed substantially to the recruitment of patients, acquisition of data for the study, and preparation of the manuscript; Yoo CH and Kim H contributed to the design and set up of the study, also analyzed and interpreted the data; Shin JH contributed substantially to the conception administration support and overall supervision of the study, he critically revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Jun Ho Shin, MD, Department of Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 108, Pyung-Dong, Jongno-Ku, Seoul 110-746, South Korea. junho0521.shin@samsung.com
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Received: September 11, 2008
Revised: October 26, 2008
Accepted: November 2, 2008
Published online: February 28, 2009
Revised: October 26, 2008
Accepted: November 2, 2008
Published online: February 28, 2009
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