Utility of “liquid biopsy” using pancreatic juice for early detection of pancreatic cancer

Background Despite advances in the diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), histological evaluation of small and poorly defined masses in the pancreas is uncomfortable and unsafe. Methods We herein report a case of early stage PDA, in which multiple KRAS mutations were detecte...

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Main Authors: Tetsuhiro Okada, Hirotoshi Iwano, Yusuke Ono, Hidenori Karasaki, Takayuki Sato, Masataka Yamada, Yuko Omori, Hiroki Sato, Akihiro Hayashi, Hidemasa Kawabata, Takuma Goto, Junpei Sasajima, Shuhei Takauji, Kazuo Nagashima, Yusuke Mizukami, Toshikatsu Okumura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-12-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0721-1747