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Five years of prospective screening of high-risk individuals from families with familial pancreatic cancer.
Gut - 1 Oct 2009
Langer P, Kann P H, Fendrich V, Habbe N, Schneider M, Sina M, Slater E P, Heverhagen J T, Gress T M, Rothmund M, Bartsch D K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Familial pancreatic cancer (FPC) accounts for approximately 3% of all pancreatic cancer (PC) cases. It has been suggested that high-risk individuals (HRIs) should be offered a screening programme. AIM: To evaluate the diagnostic yield of a prospective screening programme in HRIs from families with FPC over a period of 5 years. METHODS: HRIs of families with FPC of the National German Familial...
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