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- Title
Early Diagnosis to Improve the Poor Prognosis of Pancreatic Cancer.
- Authors
Kikuyama, Masataka; Kamisawa, Terumi; Kuruma, Sawako; Chiba, Kazuro; Kawaguchi, Shinya; Terada, Shuzo; Satoh, Tatsunori
- Abstract
Pancreatic cancer (PC) has a poor prognosis due to delayed diagnosis. Early diagnosis is the most important factor for improving prognosis. For early diagnosis of PC, patients with clinical manifestations suggestive of PC and high risk for developing PC need to be selected for examinations for PC. Signs suggestive of PC (e.g., symptoms, diabetes mellitus, acute pancreatitis, or abnormal results of blood examinations) should not be missed, and the details of risks for PC (e.g., familial history of PC, intraductal mucin producing neoplasm, chronic pancreatitis, hereditary pancreatitis, or life habit) should be understood. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be performed for diagnosing PC, but the diagnostic ability of these examinations for PC is limited. Endoscopic diagnostic procedures, such as endoscopic ultrasonography, including fine-needle aspiration, and endoscopic retrograde pancreatocholangiography, including Serial Pancreatic-juice Aspiration Cytologic Examination (SPACE), could be recommended for a detailed examination to diagnose pancreatic carcinoma earlier.
- Subjects
PANCREATIC tumors; DIABETES; ENDOSCOPIC ultrasonography; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; NEEDLE biopsy; PANCREATITIS; EARLY diagnosis; MULTIDETECTOR computed tomography; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Cancers, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 2, p48
- ISSN
2072-6694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cancers10020048