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Cancer surveillance of patients from familial pancreatic cancer kindreds.
The Medical clinics of North America - 1 May 2000
Brentnall T A
Abstract excerpt
The family history can be used to determine which family members warrant surveillance and when to start it. Surveillance should be started at least 1 decade before the earliest age of pancreatic cancer in the family. EUS is the basic, least-invasive surveillance tool; however, findings are similar to those seen in chronic pancreatitis. All patients who have a positive EUS or who have symptoms warrant ERCP....
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