Ductal lesions in patients with chronic pancreatitis show K‐ras mutations in a frequency similar to that in the normal pancreas and lack nuclear immunoreactivity for p53

BACKGROUND Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is considered to be a risk factor for the development of pancreatic carcinoma. The detection of K‐ras mutations in the duodenal or pancreatic juice has been held to be a reliable tool for its early diagnosis. However, K‐ras mutations also occur in hyperplastic du...

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