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Clinical Diagnosis & Diagnostic Aids for Pancreatic Cancer

February 17, 2021

Clinical Diagnosis & Diagnostic Aids for Pancreatic Cancer
Presented by Thomas C. King, MD, PhD, Medical Director
Published February 17, 2021

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Clinical diagnosis is a process
1:10 Differential diagnosis
2:14 Pancreatic Cancer Imaging and biopsy
3:00 Imaging isn’t accurate enough by itself to provide a diagnosis
3:26 Example: Lesions identified via CT scan
5:38 The value of non-invasive testing
6:00 Identify diseases earlier using multi-modality testing
6:35 Example: Limitations of biopsy
7:57 Summary