Carcinoembryonic antigen level in the pancreatic juice is effective in malignancy diagnosis and prediction of future malignant transformation of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas

Hiroshi Hayakawa,Mitsuharu Fukasawa,Tadashi Sato,Shinichi Takano,Makoto Kadokura,Hiroko Shindo,Ei Takahashi,Sumio Hirose,Satoshi Kawakami,Yoshimitsu Fukasawa,Shinya Maekawa,Taisuke Inoue,Tatsuya Yamaguchi,Yasuhiro Nakayama,Hiromichi Kawaida,Hiroshi Kono,Kunio Mochizuki,Tetsuo Kondo,Daisuke Ichikawa,Nobuyuki Enomoto

Carcinoembryonic antigen level in the pancreatic juice is effective in malignancy diagnosis and prediction of future malignant transformation of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas

2019

Background The present study aimed to determine the ability of diagnosing malignancy and predicting malignant transformation in patients with IPMN using carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in the pancreatic juice.

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General surgery
Pancreatic juice
Carcinoembryonic antigen
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography
Malignant transformation
Pancreas
Gastroenterology
Malignancy
Medicine
Internal medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Surgical oncology
Hepatology

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