Endoscopic Ultrasound Best Detects Pancreatic Lesions Common In People At High Risk F

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Start date Apr 7, 2012
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Apr 7, 2012

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A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins researchers have found that more than four in 10 people considered at high risk for hereditary pancreatic cancer have small pancreatic lesions long before they have any symptoms of the deadly disease. Moreover, they report, the frequency of the abnormal precancerous lesions increases with age and that ultrasound via endoscopy is better than MRI and significantly better than CT scans at finding the lesions...