Clinical Significance of Plasma Apolipoprotein-AII Isoforms as a Marker of Pancreatic Exocrine Disorder for Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy, Paying Attention to Pancreatic Morphological Changes.
Aoi HayasakiYasuhiro MurataMasanobu UsuiTaemi HibiTakehiro FujiiYusuke IizawaHiroyuki KatoAkihiro TanemuraYoshinori AzumiNaohisa KuriyamaMasashi KishiwadaHiroyuki SakuraiHiroyuki SakuraiKatsunori UchidaShuji IsajiPublished in: BioMed research international (2019)
ApoAII-ATQ/AT levels are not useful for evaluation of clinical effect of CRT for PDAC, but apoAII isoforms are very useful to assess pancreatic exocrine disorder because pancreatic atrophy and insufficient secretion of circulating pancreatic enzymes are considered likely to influence apoAII-ATQ levels.