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The patient received palliative treatment due to non-resectability on the basis of chemotherapy.
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This, in turn, increases the resectability of these tumors.
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The evolution of two-stage procedures helps to increase resectability.
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy can improve resectability but has a potential harmful effect on the nontumorous liver.
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After the operation, the overall resectability rate was 81.3%.
Shahryar Hashemzadeh, Behzad Mehrafsa, Farzad Kakaei, Reza Javadrashid, Rosa Golshan,Fatemeh Seifar, Farid Hajibonabi, Farzad Salmannezhad Khorami 2018, 'Diagnostic Accuracy of a 64-Slice Multi-Detector CT Scan in the Preoperative Evaluationof Periampullary Neoplasms', Journal of Clinical Medicinehttp://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/7/5/91. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The resectability was 70% in the intratumoural group compared with 40% in the intravenous group.
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Furthermore, it has great influence on the resectability and the risk of recurrence following resection.
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Resectability was believed possible by laparoscopy only in 65 patients (19 false positives).
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