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[KRAS mutation assay on EUS-FNA specimens from pacients with pancreatic mass].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 1 Jan 2000
Bunganič Bohuš, Hálková Tereza, Benešová Lucie, Belšánová Barbora, Laclav Martin, Hrůzová Martina, Traboulsi Eva, Frič Přemysl, Suchánek Štěpán, Minárik Marek, Zavoral Miroslav
Abstract excerpt
Differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses using EUS FNA is in 1015 % of cases still challenging. Promising method, which helps to distinguish between chronic pancreatitis and cancer, is point mutations of the proto-oncogene KRAS test. This method is not established in routine clinical practice yet.Objectives were the determination of the sensitivity of the KRAS assay using various kinds of samples of...
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