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Article: Minimally invasive test may detect early pancreatic cancer.(American Association for Cancer Research)
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- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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A new, minimally invasive sampling technique may enable physicians to diagnose pancreatic cancer at a very early stage when treatment is most likely to succeed, according to an August 1, 2007, news release from the American Association for Cancer Research. Pancreatic cancer often is not detected in its early stages because the pancreas is a fairly inaccessible organ. The two reliable detection techniques currently in use (ie, intensive radiologic scanning, invasive surgery) can put patients at risk.
Researchers developed an approach that uses optical scanning coupled with routine endoscopy to analyze tissue near the pancreas. The new technique takes advantage of ...
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