Frequent detection of pancreatic lesions in asymptomatic high-risk individuals.

Abstract

Screening of asymptomatic HRIs frequently detects small pancreatic cysts, including curable, noninvasive high-grade neoplasms. EUS and MRI detect pancreatic lesions better than CT.

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Subjects

• Academic Medical Centers
• Aged
• Asymptomatic Diseases
• Chi-Square Distribution
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Endosonography
• Female
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Heredity
• Humans
• Logistic Models
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Multivariate Analysis
• Pancreatic Cyst
• Pancreatic Neoplasms
• Pedigree
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Prevalence
• Prognosis
• Prospective Studies
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• United States

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Authors

• Marcia Irene Canto
• Ralph H Hruban
• Elliot K Fishman
• Ihab R Kamel
• Richard Schulick
• Zhe Zhang
• Mark Topazian
• Naoki Takahashi
• Joel Fletcher
• Gloria Petersen
• Alison P Klein
• Jennifer Axilbund
• Constance Griffin
• Sapna Syngal
• John R Saltzman
• Koenraad J Mortele
• Jeffr

Publication date

2012-04-06

Journal

Journal topics

• Gastroenterology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Gastroenterology

Department of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology), The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. mcanto [at] jhmi.edu

Release reference

Gastroenterology. 2012 Apr;142(4):796-804; quiz e14-5

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