Malignancy risk factors and prognostic variables of pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms in Chinese patients

CONCLUSION: The risk factors independently associated with malignant transformation of MCNs included age, tumour size, presence of solid components or mural nodules, and pancreatic duct dilatation. Our study also revealed that encapsulated invasion was a favourable prognostic factor in MCN-AIC patients.PMID:37346158 | PMC:PMC10280801 | DOI:10.3748/wjg.v29.i20.3119
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Source Type: research