UK Treatment Guidelines - Pancreatic cancer (NICE Technology Appraisal) The use of gemcitabine for the treatment of pancreatic cancer
link direct to NHS Executive report on "Improving Outcomes in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers" on Department of Health web-site
NICE 2005 guidelines on Referral for suspected cancer
Guidelines produced as supplements to Gut - An international Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Gut is the official journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology.
Guidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine (including carcinoid) tumours Gut 2005 Jun; 54 (Suppl 4) : 1-16.
Guidelines for the management of patients with pancreatic cancer periampullary and ampullary carcinomas
Gut 2005 Jun; 54 (Suppl 5) : 1-16.
All guidelines
Tumour Markers
info on CA 19-9 from GPnotebook
info on the pancreatic enzymes Creon from manufacturers Solvay
info on Xeloda(capecitabine) from Roche
British Journal of Cancer
Cancer Handbook - pancreas
Oxford Textbook of Oncology - Second Edition
Coelic Plexus Block for pain control
Consultants special interests, clinics and contact information (www.specialistinfo.com)
National Electronic Library for Health: Specialist Library Cancer
Cancer Services Collaborative - Examples of Upper GI Pathways
Cancer Services Collaborative - Upper GI Project and Tumour Group
Review Papers
Current standards of surgery for pancreatic cancer
N. Alexakis, C. Halloran, M. Raraty, P. Ghaneh, R. Sutton, J. P. NeoptolemosBritish Journal of Surgery Vol 91 pp1410-1427 2004
Review article:chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer S. Shore, M.G.T. Raraty, P. Ghanah & J.P. Neoptolemos Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003: 18: 1049-1069
Recent developments in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer Arjun S Takhar, Ponni Palaniappan, Rajpal Dhingsa, Dileep N Lobo BMJ 2004;329:668-673
Meta-analysis of randomised adjuvant therapy trials for pancreatic cancer, D D Stocken, M W Büchler, C Dervenis, C Bassi, H Jeekel, J H G Klinkenbijl, K E Bakkevold, T Takada, H Amano and J P Neoptolemos, on behalf of the Pancreatic Cancer Meta-analysis Group British Journal of Cancer (2005) 92, 1372-1381.
