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Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer by detecting telomerase activity in pancreatic juice: comparison with K-ras mutations.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 1999
Uehara H, Nakaizumi A, Tatsuta M, Baba M, Takenaka A, Uedo N, Sakai N, Yano H, Iishi H, Ohigashi H, Ishikawa O, Okada S, Kakizoe T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Telomerase activity is reported to be specific and very frequent in human malignancy. K-ras mutations are also very frequently detected in pancreatic cancer, but their specificity for pancreatic cancer is controversial. We examined the telomerase activity and K-ras mutations in pancreatic juice from patients with pancreatic disease. METHODS: Pancreatic juice was obtained endoscopically at endoscopic...
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