Screening tests for pancreatic cancer: Searching for the early symptoms or the population at risk

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 240-242

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diagnostic tests, routine; Genetic screening; Pancreatic neoplasms; Pathology, clinical

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; EARLY CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTICLE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS TUMOR;

TUMOR MARKER;

HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 6344289102     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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