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Screening patients at high risk for pancreatic cancer-Is it time for a paradigm shift? - PubMed - NCBI

Screening patients at high risk for pancreatic cancer-Is it time for a paradigm shift? - PubMed - NCBI



 2019 Oct;120(5):851-857. doi: 10.1002/jso.25616. Epub 2019 Jul 16.

Screening patients at high risk for pancreatic cancer-Is it time for a paradigm shift?

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Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer remains leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Patients with familial pancreas cancer, hereditary pancreatitis, known genetic mutations, and syndromes are deemed high risk for the development of pancreas cancer. Guidelines exist to help facilitate early diagnosis and treatment and these will be reviewed. Pancreatic cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Patients with familial pancreatic cancer, hereditary pancreatitis, known genetic mutations, and syndromes are deemed high risk for the development of pancreas cancer. Guidelines have been made to help facilitate early diagnosis and treatment for these patients and these will be reviewed. The exact timing of initial screening depends not only on the individual risk factors but consists of endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. The frequency of screening depends largely on the findings of initial imaging and the patient's clinical status. We suggest that providers make themselves knowledgeable of current screening recommendations and appropriately apply them. Further critical evaluation of ongoing research is necessary to amend these recommendations as more data and genetic testing becomes available.

KEYWORDS:

early detection of cancer; pancreatic cancer

PMID:
 
31309569
 
DOI:
 
10.1002/jso.25616

[Indexed for MEDLINE]

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