Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration plus KRAS and GNAS mutation in malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas

Background: KRAS and GNAS mutations are common in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia of the pancreas (IPMN). The aims of this study were to assess the role of pre-therapeutic cytopathology combined with KRAS and GNAS mutation assays within cystic fluid sampled by endoscopic ultrasound-guided f...

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Main Authors: Barbara Bournet, Alix Vignolle-Vidoni, David Grand, Céline Roques, Florence Breibach, Jérome Cros, Fabrice Muscari, Nicolas Carrère, Janick Selves, Pierre Cordelier, Louis Buscail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-11-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-117216