Optimizing methods for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 869-870

  Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

K RAS PROTEIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PANCREAS CANCER; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS;

EID: 37349112463     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318146849f     Document Type: Editorial

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