Molecular diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic cancer using a percutaneous technique

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Evans, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; FNA; K ras; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE RAS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030141217     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02306278     Document Type: Article

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