pubmed-article:11148557 | pubmed:abstractText | It has been reported that, in patients with intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas, it is difficult to distinguish adenoma from carcinoma preoperatively. Recently, it has also been reported that telomerase activity was detected in many patients with carcinoma. In this report, the authors used the method of telomerase repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assay on pancreatic juice retrieved by endoscopic retrograde pancreatic juice aspiration (ERP aspiration). | lld:pubmed |