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Usefulness of rapid on-site evaluation specimens from endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for cancer gene panel testing: A retrospective study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Ishizawa Tetsuya, Makino Naohiko, Matsuda Akiko, Kakizaki Yasuharu, Kobayashi Toshikazu, Ikeda Chisaki, Sugahara Shinpei, Tsunoda Michihiko, Ueno Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly lethal malignancy, with a 5-year survival rate of 6%. Cancer gene panel testing is expected to allow selection of suitable therapeutic drugs in individual patients with PC and improve their prognosis. Although somatic mutations can be identified in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples derived from surgical specimen, the rate of surgical indication among patients with PC is...
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