Ryota Sagami, Kenji Hayasaka, Tetsuro Ujihara, Tomoyuki Iwaki, Yasushi Katsuyama, Hideaki Harada, Yusuke Ome, Goro Honda, Shin-Ichiro Horiguchi, Kazunari Murakami, Yuji Amano
BACKGROUNDS AND OBJECTIVES: Although pancreatic cancer (PC) has an extremely poor prognosis, the 5-year survival rate of patients with pancreatic high-grade precancerous lesion without invasive carcinoma (PHP) is favorable. PHP diagnosis and identification of patients requiring intervention are needed. We aimed to validate a modified PC detection scoring system regarding its detection ability for PHP and PC in the general population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We modified an existing PC detection scoring system that incorporates low-grade risk (LGR) factors (family history, presence of diabetes mellitus [DM] or worsening DM, heavy drinking, smoking, stomach symptoms, weight loss, and pancreatic enzyme) and high-grade risk (HGR) factors (new-onset DM, familial PC, jaundice, tumor biomarkers, chronic pancreatitis, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, cysts, hereditary PC syndrome, and hereditary pancreatitis)...
2023: Endoscopic Ultrasound