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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas with distinct pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas are frequently of gastric subtype.
Annals of surgery - 1 Jul 2013
Ideno Noboru, Ohtsuka Takao, Kono Hiroshi, Fujiwara Kenji, Oda Yasunori, Aishima Shinichi, Ito Tetsuhide, Ishigami Kousei, Tokunaga Shoji, Ohuchida Kenoki, Takahata Shunichi, Nakamura Masafumi, Mizumoto Kazuhiro, Tanaka Masao
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify a high-risk group of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), independently arising in the pancreas with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), using histopathologic subtypes. BACKGROUND: Pathologic features of IPMN with distinct PDAC, including histopathologic subtypes of IPMN and PDAC phenotypes, have not been well characterized. Mucin expression patterns and the...
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