Detection of Precursor Lesions of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma in PET-CT in a Genetically Engineered Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer

Background: Pancreatic cancer is among the most dismal of human malignancies. The 5-year survival rate is lower than 5%. The identification of precursor lesions would be the main step to improve this fatal outcome. One precursor lesions are called pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN) and ar...

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Main Authors: Volker Fendrich, Ralph Schneider, Anirban Maitra, Ilse D. Jacobsen, Thomas Opfermann, Detlef K. Bartsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-02-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558611800564