title: Screening and detection of pancreatic cancer. Highlights from the "2011 ASCO Annual Meeting". Chicago, IL, USA; June 3-7, 2011.
abstract: Screening and early detection of pancreatic cancer has the potential to substantially impact outcomes in this deadly disease. Over the last ten years several cohort studies have been conducted and report on the yield of screening in high risk populations. With better understanding of the cellular compartments and the genetic and epigenetic changes that occur, biomarkers have also emerged as promising means of early detection. In this paper we summarize the results of the latest screening cohort and highlight a novel proteomic approach that may be used in future biomarker studies.
authors: Division of Digestive and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. tg2214@columbia.edu
authors: Tamas A
authors: TA
authors: Gonda
authors: Aimee
authors: A
authors: Lucas
authors: Muhammad Wasif
authors: MW
authors: Saif
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008403:Mass Screening; D008954:Models, Biological; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States