Molecular analysis of precursor lesions in familial pancreatic cancer.

BACKGROUND:With less than a 5% survival rate pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is almost uniformly lethal. In order to make a significant impact on survival of patients with this malignancy, it is necessary to diagnose the disease early, when curative surgery is still possible. Detailed knowledge of...

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Main Authors: Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Claude Chelala, Sayka Barry, Tomohiko Harada, Vipul Bhakta, Sam Lattimore, Stipo Jurcevic, Mary Bronner, Nicholas R Lemoine, Teresa A Brentnall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3553106?pdf=render