Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
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Pradermchai Kongkam

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• Review Article
  Surveillance of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in Chronic Pancreatitis: An Ongoing Challenge
  Author(s): Supot Pongprasobchai, Pradermchai Kongkam and Rungsun Rerknimitr Supot Pongprasobchai, Pradermchai Kongkam and Rungsun Rerknimitr
  
  Patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) may have presentations resembling pancreatic cancer (PaC) and are also high-risk for developing PaC. Surveillance of PaC in CP is therefore important but difficult and challenging. Candidates for PaC surveillance include hereditary pancreatitis, tropical chronic pancreatitis or any CP patients with clinical suspicions or the presence of pancreatic mass. Currently, the best potential surveillance tools are probably endoscopic ultrasonography with fine needle aspiration and positron emission tomography .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7092.1000149

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