Showing papers in "Current Problems in Cancer in 1976"

TL;DR: The new diagnostic aids of endoscopic retrograde choledochopancreatography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography are of assistance in diagnosing and localizing these tumors preoperatively, so that problems to be encountered at the time of operation may be considered and proposed operative procedures may be planned in advance.

TL;DR: The kaleidoscopic array of clinical APUD cell endocrinopathies involving the gastrointestinal tract has come to the forefront because of the almost explosive discovery and chemical identification of amine and polypeptide humoral agents.

TL;DR: Radiation of the entire ipsilateral neck is indicated unless radical neck dissection shows negative nodes, and in the place of radicalneck dissection.

TL;DR: Radiation therapy is an effective method in the eradication of prostatic carcinoma at the primary site and in the regional pelvic lymph nodes and the relief of pain or other symptoms associated with extensive pelvic disease or distant metastases.