1. These less-aggressive slow-growing tumours may well cause more diagnostic confusion than the more usual ductal adenocarcinoma. We therefore agree with Carter2 that, in the absence of a firm diagnosis of carcinoma, the surgeon should "regard the Whipple operation as the most effective and reliable method of providing the pathologist with a biopsy of the head of the pancreas";V.;Acta Hepatico Gastroenterol; Carcinoma of the pancreas and chronic pancreatitis - a possible relationship,1978
2. Cancer of the head of the pancreas or chronic pancreatitis? A diagnostic dilemma;Carter, D.C.;Surgery,1992
3. The diagnosis of "early" pancreatic cancer: the University of Chicago experience;Moosa, A.R.; Levin, B.;Cancer,1981
4. Pre-operative differentiation between carcinoma of the pancreas and chronic pancreatitis: the contribution of cytology;Hunt, D.R.; Blumgart, L.H.;Endoscopy,1982
5. Aetiology of pancreatic cancer;Haddock, G.; Carter, D.C.;Br J Surg,1990