Guidelines for the management of patients with pancreatic cancer periampullary and ampullary carcinomas

Correspondence to: Mr C D Johnson, University Surgical Unit, Mail point 816, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; c.d.johnson@soton. ac.uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 GUIDELINES—SUMMARY DOCUMENT The following recommendations are introduced by brief statements which summarise the evidence and discussion presented in the relevant section of the full text of the guidelines.

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