title: Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer at the centre of gastroenterology.
abstract: The installment of 4-step diagnostic system led to an improvement of the final diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The average time during which pancreatic cancer proceeds from the onset of symptoms to computed tomography or laparotomy shortened considerably due to the application of the system screening procedures as well as of modern imaging techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Republican Hospital, Latvian SSR, USSR.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skuja
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubene
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laganovskis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pukens
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*