Evaluation of medical checkup system for early detection of pancreatic cancer
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Evaluation of routine sonography for early detection of pancreatic cancer.
The diagnostic accuracy of routine abdominal sonography for the detection of pancreatic cancer was examined. During the one-year period of 1994, sonographic examination of the upper abdominal region was performed 12,761 times on a total of 9410 patients for the screening of abdominal disorders. In 655 cases (7%) part of the pancreas could not be observed. Based on the "Diagnostic criteria for p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Suizo
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0913-0071,1881-2805
DOI: 10.2958/suizo.24.594