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Risk factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: are we ready for screening and surveillance?
Current gastroenterology reports - 1 May 2005
Brand Randall, Mahr Claudius
Abstract excerpt
Of all common malignancies, pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate. According to estimates by the American Cancer Society, in 2004, 31,860 Americans were diagnosed, and 31,270 died from this near universally lethal disease. Unfortunately, only a small minority of patients are diagnosed when the extent of disease is still localized and thus potentially curable. These dismal survival results could be...
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