Pathology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Facts, challenges and future developments

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 13833-13841

  Esposito, Irene ^a   Konukiewitz, Björn ^a   Schlitter, Anna Melissa ^a   Klöppel, Günter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical flat lesion; Molecular subtypes; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Precursor lesions; R1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84910011269     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13833     Document Type: Article

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