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K-ras oncogene mutations indicate malignancy in cystic tumors of the pancreas.
Annals of surgery - 1 Jul 1998
Bartsch D, Bastian D, Barth P, Schudy A, Nies C, Kisker O, Wagner H J, Rothmund M
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical parameters, presurgical diagnostic tests, histologic findings, and the presence of K-ras oncogene mutations in cystic tumors of the pancreas to determine which best predict malignancy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Because presurgical, intraoperative, and final pathologic differentiation is difficult in cystic tumors of the pancreas, it would be a major benefit to identify markers that...
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