THE PROBLEM OF CANCER OF THE PANCREAS

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Abstract
Recent surgical literature has contained an increasing number of contributions relating to the surgery of the noninflammatory lesions of the pancreas. The discovery that tumors of the islands of Langerhans could cause hyperinsulinism was followed by reports of the successful surgical removal of these small tumors from the pancreas by Roscoe Graham,1Judd2and Whipple and his associates,3and subtotal pancreatectomy for hyperinsulinism has recently been reported by Evarts Graham4and McCaughan.5New interest has been directed to the radical surgery of the pancreas by reports of successful removal of malignant tumors involving the papilla of Vater by Judd,6Walters,7Potter,8Hunt,9Whipple and his associates3and by the occasional reports of the radical removal of malignant growths involving the body or tail of the pancreas, which likewise have appeared in the literature.10 It would appear most opportune at

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