title: [Risk factors and early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer].
abstract: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is usually incurable. Identifying people at risk for developing PC may improve the prognosis of this entity. The main risk factors for PC are Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, hereditary pancreatitis and a history family of PC. Other factors, such as advanced age and smoking, should also be taken into account. PC screening is only useful in very high risk individuals. Tools that allow tumors to be identified in the early stages are required in order to apply appropriate curative treatments. In this scenario, only endoscopic ultrasound with cytological analysis of suspicious pancreatic lesions has proved to be useful.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Manises, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, España. alopez@hospitalmanises.es
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López Serrano
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D019160:Endosonography; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009154:Mutation; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor