Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Pancreas: Molecular Characterization of 23 Patients Along With A Literature Review

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 132-140

  Borazanci, Erkut ^a   Millis, Sherri Z ^b   Korn, Ron ^c   Han, Haiyong ^d   Whatcott, Clifford J ^d   Gatalica, Zoran ^b   Barrett, Michael T ^e   Cridebring, Derek ^a   Von Hoff, Daniel D ^a  

^a Virginia G Piper Cancer Center   (United States)

^b CARIS LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Imaging Endpoints Core Lab   (United States)

^d TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas; Molecular profiling; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992701765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v7.i9.132     Document Type: Article

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