Background: Ampullary adenocarcinoma (AMPAC) are a rare entity of gastrointestinal malignancies arising from the Ampulla of Vater. Together with distal cholangiocarcinoma (DCC) and duodenal adenocarcinoma (DUOAC) AMPAC form the group of periampullary tumors…
INTRODUCTION: Analysis of metabolites in body fluids through mass spectrometry-based metabolomics is one of the key technologies to identify disease-specific profiles in different malignancies…