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The added value of using mutational profiling in addition to cytology in diagnosing aggressive pancreaticobiliary disease: review of clinical cases at a single center.
BMC gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2014
Malhotra Nidhi, Jackson Sara A, Freed Lindsay L, Styn Mindi A, Sidawy Mary K, Haddad Nadim G, Finkelstein Sydney D
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to better understand the supporting role that mutational profiling (MP) of DNA from microdissected cytology slides and supernatant specimens may play in the diagnosis of malignancy in fine-needle aspirates (FNA) and biliary brushing specimens from patients with pancreaticobiliary masses. METHODS: Cytology results were examined in a total of 30 patients with associated surgical (10) or...
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