Blinded by the light: molecular imaging in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jan 15;17(2):203-5. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-2825. Epub 2010 Nov 24.

Abstract

The early detection and optimal perisurgical management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma are paramount goals in our quest to increase cure rates in this lethal malignancy. Molecular imaging techniques may be the conduit through which new genomic and proteomic discoveries about this disease are brought to the clinic.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Plectin / analysis*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • PLEC protein, human
  • Plectin