A highly sensitive and quantitative telomerase activity assay with pancreatic juice is useful for diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma without problems due to polymerase chain reaction inhibitors

Abstract

TRAP/HPA accurately evaluated weak telomerase activity in pancreatic juice samples without the problem due to PCR inhibitors. This large analysis of nonselected pancreatic juice samples suggested that TRAP/HPA is a promising approach for the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma.