Biliary drainage improves the predictive value of modified Glasgow Prognostic Scores in inoperable pancreatic cancer

Chikara Iino; Tadashi Shimoyama; Takasato Igarashi; Tomoyuki Aihara; Kentaro Ishii; Juichi Sakamoto; Hiroshi Tono; Shinsaku Fukuda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178777

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Biliary drainage improves the predictive value of modified Glasgow Prognostic Scores in inoperable pancreatic cancer

Chikara Iino ,

* E-mail: chikaran0601@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliations Department of Internal medicine, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
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Tadashi Shimoyama,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
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Takasato Igarashi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takasato Igarashi, Tomoyuki Aihara, Kentaro Ishii, Juichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tono

Affiliations Department of Internal medicine, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
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Tomoyuki Aihara ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takasato Igarashi, Tomoyuki Aihara, Kentaro Ishii, Juichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tono

Affiliation Department of Internal medicine, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan
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Kentaro Ishii ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takasato Igarashi, Tomoyuki Aihara, Kentaro Ishii, Juichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tono

Affiliation Department of Internal medicine, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan
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Juichi Sakamoto ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takasato Igarashi, Tomoyuki Aihara, Kentaro Ishii, Juichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tono

Affiliation Department of Internal medicine, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan
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Hiroshi Tono ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takasato Igarashi, Tomoyuki Aihara, Kentaro Ishii, Juichi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tono

Affiliation Department of Internal medicine, Hirosaki Municipal Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan
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Shinsaku Fukuda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
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Biliary drainage improves the predictive value of modified Glasgow Prognostic Scores in inoperable pancreatic cancer

Chikara Iino,
Tadashi Shimoyama,
Takasato Igarashi,
Tomoyuki Aihara,
Kentaro Ishii,
Juichi Sakamoto,
Hiroshi Tono,
Shinsaku Fukuda

Published: June 23, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178777

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