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Early detection of pancreatic cancer: Where are we now and where are we going?
International journal of cancer - 15 Jul 2017
Zhou Bin, Xu Jian-Wei, Cheng Yu-Gang, Gao Jing-Yue, Hu San-Yuan, Wang Lei, Zhan Han-Xiang
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Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most lethal malignancies. Recent studies indicate that patients with incidentally diagnosed PC have better prognosis than those with symptoms and that there is a sufficient window for early detection. However, effective early diagnosis remains difficult and depends mainly on imaging modalities and the development of screening methodologies with highly sensitive and specific...
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