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Screening for pancreatic cancer detects early-stage disease and improves survival

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/Screening-for-pancreatic-cancer
Full article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.22.00298?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

A research study has shown that screening for pancreatic cancer in people with an inherited mutation or family history was able to detect early-stage pancreatic cancers and improve survival. These results will likely change pancreatic cancer screening guidelines for high-risk individuals (Posted 8/30/22)

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