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What is the negative predictive value of endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 3, pages 308–309 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textKlapman JB et al. (2005) Negative predictive value of endoscopic ultrasound in a large series of patients with a clinical suspicion of pancreatic cancer. Am J Gastroenterol 100: 2658–2661

A normal endoscopic ultrasound examination, when performed by an expert endosonographer, excludes the presence of pancreatic cancer in patients with a low-to-indeterminate probability of having the disease

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Niraj Jani & Kevin McGrath

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Jani, N., McGrath, K. What is the negative predictive value of endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 308–309 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0503

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