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Serum CA19-9 determination in the management of pancreatic cancer.

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1997

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R.P. van den Bosch, Casper H.J. van Eijck, P. G. H. Mulder, Johannes Jeekel
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Abstract

No useful information can be obtained from postoperative CA19-9 determinations. In the preoperative workup of a patient with a pancreatic tumor CA19-9 determination is at least helpful in estimating the probability of metastatic disease.