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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5646377 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Lei L Pleskow Douglas K DK Turzhitsky Vladimir V Yee Eric U EU Berzin Tyler M TM Sawhney Mandeep M Shinagare Shweta S Vitkin Edward E Zakharov Yuri Y Khan Umar U Wang Fen F Goldsmith Jeffrey D JD Goldberg Saveli S Chuttani Ram R Itzkan Irving I Qiu Le L Perelman Lev T LT
Nature biomedical engineering 20170313
Pancreatic cancers are usually detected at an advanced stage and have poor prognosis. About one fifth of these arise from pancreatic cystic lesions. Yet not all lesions are precancerous, and imaging tools lack adequate accuracy for distinguishing precancerous from benign cysts. Therefore, decisions on surgical resection usually rely on endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). Unfortunately, cyst fluid often contains few cells, and fluid chemical analysis lacks accuracy, res ...[more]