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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 25, 2015; 7(9): 833-842
Published online Jul 25, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i9.833
Methods and outcomes of screening for pancreatic adenocarcinoma in high-risk individuals
Gabriele Capurso, Marianna Signoretti, Roberto Valente, Urban Arnelo, Matthias Lohr, Jan-Werner Poley, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Marco Del Chiaro
Gabriele Capurso, Marianna Signoretti, Roberto Valente, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, 00199 Rome, Italy
Marianna Signoretti, Jan-Werner Poley, Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Roberto Valente, Urban Arnelo, Matthias Lohr, Marco Del Chiaro, Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Division of Surgery, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Author contributions: Capurso G and Del Chiaro M designed the study; Capurso G, Signoretti M, Valente R, Arnelo U, Lohr M, Poley JW, Delle Fave G and Del Chiaro M gave substantial contribution to acquisition and analysis of data and drafting of the article; Capurso G, Signoretti M, Valente R, Arnelo U, Lohr M, Poley JW, Delle Fave G and Del Chiaro M revised it critically and approved the version to be published.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Correspondence to: Gabriele Capurso, MD, PhD, Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00199 Rome, Italy. gabriele.capurso@gmail.com
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Received: February 23, 2015
Peer-review started: February 26, 2015
First decision: April 27, 2015
Revised: May 13, 2015
Accepted: June 9, 2015
Article in press: June 11, 2015
Published online: July 25, 2015