... whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail of the pancreas. For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body of the pancreas, resection of the mid-portion of the pancreas and the ... choice of treatment, since other adjuvant thera-pies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, had shown no demonstrable response.7 According to the location of the tumor, distal pancreatectomy ... with preserving the rim of the head and tail portion can be a c h i e ved. However, for the patient in whom the mass was lo -cated within the head of the pancreas, given the low malignancy,...