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 HayakawaMitsuharu FukasawaTadashi SatoShinichi TakanoMakoto KadokuraHiroko ShindoEi TakahashiSumio HiroseSatoshi KawakamiYoshimitsu FukasawaShinya MaekawaTaisuke InoueTatsuya YamaguchiYasuhiro NakayamaHiromichi KawaidaHiroshi KonoKunio MochizukiTetsuo KondoDaisuke IchikawaNobuyuki EnomotoPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2019)
Carcinoembryonic antigen level in the pancreatic juice is useful not only in diagnosing malignancy but also in predicting future malignant transformations in IPMN patients receiving follow-up.
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