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Clinical usefulness of KRAS mutational analysis in the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma by means of endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 15 May 2003
Pellisé M, Castells A, Ginès A, Solé M, Mora J, Castellví-Bel S, Rodríguez-Moranta F, Fernàndez-Esparrach G, Llach J, Bordas J M, Navarro S, Piqué J M
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AIM: To establish the usefulness of KRAS mutational analysis in the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma by comparing this technique with conventional cytology in aspirates obtained by endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration. METHODS: All consecutive patients with pancreatic focal lesions undergoing endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration were included. Samples were obtained with the concurrence of an...
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