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Clinical value of K-ras codon 12 analysis and endobiliary brush cytology for the diagnosis of malignant extrahepatic bile duct stenosis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Mar 1999
Sturm P D, Rauws E A, Hruban R H, Caspers E, Ramsoekh T B, Huibregtse K, Noorduyn L A, Offerhaus G J
Abstract excerpt
Extrahepatic biliary stenosis can be caused by benign and malignant disorders. In most cases, a tissue diagnosis is needed for optimal management of patients, but the sensitivity of biliary cytology for the diagnosis of a malignancy is relatively low. The additional diagnostic value of K-ras mutational analysis of endobiliary brush cytology was assessed. Endobiliary brush cytology specimens obtained during...
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