Early detection of pancreatic cancer is tremendously important, given that most patients who develop the disease are diagnosed at a later stage of the disease when it is usually incurable. Although screening through imaging studies has been proposed (i.e., magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and/or endoscopic ultrasound),1 data to support this type of screening as an …
Care Consideration: Biomarkers
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ICARE Newsletter Winter 2018
Getting Closer to Detecting Cancers Early Through a Blood Test?
ICARE Newsletter Winter 2018
Getting Closer to Detecting Cancers Early Through a Blood Test?
A recent study reported on a single blood test, named “CancerSEEK”, which can screen for 8 common types of cancer (ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectal, lung, and breast) and may help to identify the location at which the cancer started. This test evaluated the blood from over 1000 patients with Stage 1 to 3 …
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