Low value of detection of KRAS2 mutations in circulating DNA to differentiate chronic pancreatitis to pancreatic cancer

Br J Cancer. 2004 Jun 1;90(11):2243. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601854.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • DNA, Neoplasm / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatitis / genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / analysis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • ras Proteins

Substances

  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • KRAS protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
  • ras Proteins