Ampullary cancer is a rare form of cancer that develops in the ampulla of Vater. This is a small opening located on the duodenum, which is the first section of the small intestine.

Background: Outcomes of a neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) strategy to treat ampullary adenocarcinoma (AAC) are unclear. Upfront resection (UR) (typically pancreaticoduodenectomy) with or without adjuvant ...

Most ampullary carcinomas are adenocarcinomas, but the histology varies with tumors comprising sub-types including papillary, adenosquamous, mucinous, and adenocarcinomas. Recent studies helped ...

Ampullary cancer is a rare cancer of the ampulla of Vater that connects the common bile duct and pancreatic duct to the small intestine. Symptoms of ampullary cancer include jaundice, weight loss.

A: Ampullary tumors historically presented late, with jaundice, bleeding, relapsing pancreatitis, or duodenal obstruction, and were treated with radical pancreaticoduodenectomy and, less commonly ...

Literature on non-ampullary–duodenal carcinomas is limited. We analyzed 47 resected non-ampullary–duodenal carcinomas. Histologically, 78% were tubular-type adenocarcinomas mostly gastro ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer. He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...

Ampullary cancer is a rare cancer of the ampulla of Vater that connects the common bile duct and pancreatic duct to the small intestine. Symptoms of ampullary cancer include jaundice, weight loss.

The evidence on efficacy of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of non-ampullary duodenal lesions is limited in quantity and there are safety concerns ...