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Precursor lesions in pancreatic cancer: morphological and molecular pathology.
Pathology - 1 Apr 2011
Scarlett Christopher J, Salisbury Elizabeth L, Biankin Andrew V, Kench James
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis and is the fourth most common cause of cancer related death in Western societies. In large part this is due to its typically late presentation, usually as locally advanced or metastatic disease. Identification of the non-invasive precursor lesions to pancreatic cancer raises the possibility of surgical treatment or chemoprevention at an early stage in the evolution of this...
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