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Preoperative GNAS and KRAS testing in the diagnosis of pancreatic mucinous cysts.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Aug 2014
Singhi Aatur D, Nikiforova Marina N, Fasanella Kenneth E, McGrath Kevin M, Pai Reetesh K, Ohori N Paul, Bartholow Tanner L, Brand Randall E, Chennat Jennifer S, Lu Xuong, Papachristou Georgios I, Slivka Adam, Zeh Herbert J, Zureikat Amer H, Lee Kenneth K, Tsung Allan, Mantha Geeta S, Khalid Asif
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PURPOSE: Management guidelines for pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) and mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are based on the assumption that mucinous cysts can be accurately distinguished from other pancreatic cystic lesions. Previous studies using surgical material have identified recurrent mutations in GNAS and KRAS in pancreatic mucinous neoplasms. Yet, the diagnostic utility of testing...
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