title: Markers of pancreatic cancer: working toward early detection.
abstract: Because early detection of pancreatic cancer is the best way to cure this disease, investigators continue to try to identify accurate markers of early pancreatic cancer. Because early-stage pancreatic cancer is generally asymptomatic, the only reliable way to detect it is by targeting individuals at increased risk for pancreatic screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA. mgoggins@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goggins
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor