Pancreas Cancers ABSITE and Board Review

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07/13/23

ABSITE and General Surgery Board review on pancreas cancers. After watching, try to draw each section from memory with the following outline.

1. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
a. Symptoms of head of pancreas cancer
b. Physical signs of metastatic disease
c. Definitions of resectable, borderline resectable, unresectable PDAC
d. Stenting for biliary obstruction due to PDAC
e. Basics of Whipple
2. Cystic tumors of pancreas
a. When to do EUS
b. SPN, MCN, IPMN
3. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
a. Nonfunctional PNET
b. Functional PNETs
i. Glucagonoma
ii. Insulinoma
iii. Somatostatinoma
iv. VIPoma
v. Gastrinoma
vi. Carcinoids