Ampullary Cancer

Rui Zheng-Pywell; Sushanth Reddy

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2018.12.001

Ampullary Cancer

Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Apr;99(2):357-367. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2018.12.001. Epub 2019 Feb 10.

Authors

Rui Zheng-Pywell¹, Sushanth Reddy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1808 7th Avenue South, BDB 607 Birmingham, AL 35233-3411, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1808 7th Avenue South, BDB 607 Birmingham, AL 35233-3411, USA. Electronic address: sreddy@uabmc.edu.

PMID: 30846039
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2018.12.001

Abstract

Compared with other periampullary tumors, cancers of the ampulla of Vater are rare. These tumors tend to present earlier than their pancreatic and distal bile duct brethren. In addition to the hypothesis that they are also less biologically aggressive, ampullary cancers tend to have better survival than other types of periampullary cancers. The mortality from this disease remains high, and much can still be learned about ampullary cancers.

Keywords: Ampullary cancer; Biliary obstruction; Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ampulla of Vater*
Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology
Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Patient Selection