Evaluation of Local Recurrence of Pancreatic Cancer by KRAS Mutation Analysis Using Washes from Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration.
Kazuyuki MatsumotoHironari KatoKazuhiro NousoSoichiro AkoHideaki KinugasaShigeru HoriguchiYosuke SaragaiSaimon TakadaShuntaro YabeShinichiro MuroDaisuke UchidaTakeshi TomodaHiroyuki OkadaPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2020)
KRAS mutation analysis of needle wash samples using dPCR is a new methodology for the diagnosis of the local recurrence of pancreatic cancer. The diagnostic ability of dPCR with a one-time needle wash sample was comparable to a pathological diagnosis with multiple samplings.