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Quantitative analysis of ras gene mutation in pancreatic juice for diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jan 1998
Tada M, Teratani T, Komatsu Y, Kawabe T, Shiratori Y, Omata M
Abstract excerpt
It has recently been demonstrated that mutant ras gene was also detected in patients with mucinous cell hyperplasia without adenocarcinoma, indicating that the presence of the mutation could not be a definite marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The present study was performed to differentiate pancreatic adenocarcinoma from others by quantification of mutant ras gene in pancreatic juice. By measuring mutant ras...
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