Association between the Risk Factors for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Those for Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of both a smoking history and MNs was a valuable predictive factor for malignant IPMN with high specificity. A smoking history should be considered before surgical resection in addition to the presence of MNs.
PMID: 29258117 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Oncology - December 21, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kamata K, Takenaka M, Nakai A, Omoto S, Miyata T, Minaga K, Matsuda T, Yamao K, Imai H, Chiba Y, Sakurai T, Watanabe T, Nishida N, Chikugo T, Matsumoto I, Takeyama Y, Kudo M Tags: Oncology Source Type: research