Analysis of Progression Time in Pancreatic Cancer including Carcinoma In Situ Based on Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography Findings.
Kentaro YamaoMasakatsu TsurusakiKota TakashimaHidekazu TanakaAkihiro YoshidaAyana OkamotoTomohiro YamazakiShunsuke OmotoKen KamataKosuke MinagaMamoru TakenakaTakaaki ChikugoYasutaka ChibaTomohiro WatanabeMasatoshi KudoPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
No studies have investigated the PC history, especially that of early PCs, including CIS, based on the initial detection of MPD stenosis using MRCP. Assessment of a small number of patients showed that the time to progression can take several years in the early PC stages. Understanding this natural history is very important in the clinical setting.