Posts by Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
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Staging Laparopscopy May Mean Longer Life for Pancreatic Cancer Patients found to have Metastases at the Time of Operation
Staging laparoscopy not only spares pancreatic cancer patients found to have metastatic disease the pain of a large incision and a long hospital stay associated with a laparotomy, but it also gets them to palliative chemotherapy sooner—allowing them to live longer.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.
