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A clinical and economic evaluation of endoscopic ultrasound for patients at risk for familial pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] - 1 Jan 2007
Rubenstein Joel H, Scheiman James M, Anderson Michelle A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Approximately 10% of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is familial. Approximately 50% of 1st-degree relatives (FDRs) have endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) findings of chronic pancreatitis. We modeled the natural history of these patients to compare 4 management strategies. METHODS: We performed a systematic review, and created a Markov model for 45-year-old male FDRs, with findings of chronic pancreatitis...
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