Treating pancreatic tumors via the pancreatic artery(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Treating pancreatic tumors via the pancreatic artery
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41203116/
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Instead of major surgery, tumors can be treated by blocking off the artery supplying the tumor, thus starving the tumor of nutrients and oxygen. This is a common treatment for liver tumors, and this paper now shows that the same thing can be done for pancreatic tumors.