Resection Rates and Predictors of Resectability of Pancreatic Tumors at Mulago Hospital: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
Godfrey Kikuba, Brian Kasagga, Paul Ssempebwa, Olivia Kituuka, Paul Okeny · 2026
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Godfrey Kikuba and co-authors review pancreatic tumor surgery at Mulago Hospital in Uganda, asking how often tumors can be cut out and what traits predict that chance. Surgery is the sole cure path for these tumors, yet most patients in low-income lands arrive with late stage disease.
The team read records for one hundred patients seen across four recent years. About one fifth of tumors were removed in the end. More than half looked removable on scans, yet most of those proved fixed at surgery by vessel growth or spread. Most tumors sat in the pancreatic head, and half were stage three or four. In the final model, a tumor wider than four centimetres was the sole clear sign of a tumor that could not be removed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Godfrey Kikuba, Brian Kasagga, Paul Ssempebwa, Olivia Kituuka, Paul Okeny |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |