Article
Analysis of K-ras oncogene mutation directly applied to atypical cell clusters on cytologic smear slides of bile and pancreatic juice.
Pathology international - 1 Jan 1998
Fukushima N, Suzuki M, Fukayama M
Abstract excerpt
To develop an objective reference for the cytological evaluation of atypical cells in bile and pancreatic juice, we analyzed K-ras oncogene mutation in atypical cell clusters, which were collected directly from cytological smear slides; 50 samples (cell clusters) from 31 smear slides of 21 patients with carcinomas of the pancreatic head region, and nine samples from eight cases of benign disease. These cell...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bile
- Biliary Tract Diseases
- Cytodiagnosis
- Cytological Techniques
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Male
