Increasing survival rates of patients with pancreatic cancer by earlier identification

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 346-347

  Greenhalf, William ^a   Neoptolemos, John P ^b  

^a EUROPAC Project

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS JUICE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745845817     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0483     Document Type: Review

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