Follow-Up Study of K-ras Mutations in the Plasma of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

Abstract

The summary of our approach of noninvasive, convenient, extremely high-sensitive K-ras mutation analysis in plasma might provide diagnostic and prognostic information to clinicians but will not be sufficient in a standardized early diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma. The combination with CA 19-9 assay is useful for detection and prognostic evaluation of pancreatic carcinoma.