S3-Leitlinie „Exokrines Pankreaskarzinom” 2007

Im Auftrag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS) und der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft (DKG).

In Zusammenarbeit mit der/dem

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Radiologische Onkologie der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft (ARO) Arbeitskreis der Pankreatektomierten e. V. Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH) Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Onkologie (DGHO) Deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie (DGP) Deutschen Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie (DEGRO) Deutschen Gesellschaft für Viszeralchirurgie (CAO-V)/Chirurgischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Onkologie (CAO-V) Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft (DRG) Deutschen Vereinten Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin (DGKL)

Leitung: G. Adler, T. Seufferlein, I. Kopp

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