Limitations in improving detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

摘要: Objective: To review the current trends in pancreatic cancer research and propose alternatives for an earlier diagnosis. Method: A search was conducted using PubMed Scielo electronic databases to find statistics related incidence of cancer. Results: Pancreatic is fourth most common cause mortality USA; Colombia this neoplasia 4.5 per 100,000 individuals; Peru, amongst digestive diseases, it fifth cause. In Brazil Chile has increased incidence, while Mexico, decreased terms relative percentage gastrointestinal cancers from 1976 2003. Chronic pancreatitis, cigarette smoking, diabetes, obesity dietary mutagen exposure are consistent risk factors implicated development cancer; however, genetic molecular changes underlying epidemiological association between these remain largely unknown, an...