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Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer based on endoscopic ultrasound examination among pancreatic cancer patients: A single-center experience.

Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya LesmanaRino A GaniLaurentius A Lesmana
Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2017)
Prevalence of NAFPD among pancreatic cancer patients is high. Future studies can be conducted to show whether EUS can be considered a screening tool for the early detection of pancreatic malignancy in NAFPD patients; a cohort prospective study might also be needed to show clear causality between fatty pancreas and pancreatic cancer.
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