Preoperative Biliary Stents in Pancreatic Cancer — Proceed with Caution

  • Baron, Todd H. M.D.
  • Kozarek, Richard A. M.D.

  • From the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (T.H.B.); and the Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle (R.A.K.).

Dr. Baron reports receiving lecture fees from Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, and Olympus and grant support from ConMed; and Dr. Kozarek, grant support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Repligen, and Takeda. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

New England Journal of Medicine 362(2):p 170-172, January 14, 2010. | DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0908773
Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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