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Doctors Reach Pancreatic Tumor Through a Vein to Diagnose and Treat It

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most formidable diagnoses in modern medicine, and a new case report is drawing attention for a strikingly inventive solution to one of its most stubborn clinical problems. When a tumor of the pancreas cannot be safely sampled with needles passed through the skin or with endoscopic ultrasound, patients can […]

Doctors Reach Pancreatic Tumor Through a Vein to Diagnose and Treat It

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Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most formidable diagnoses in modern medicine, and a new case report is drawing attention for a strikingly inventive solution to one of its most stubborn clinical problems.

When a tumor of the pancreas cannot be safely sampled with needles passed through the skin or with endoscopic ultrasound, patients can […]

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Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most formidable diagnoses in modern medicine, and a new case report is drawing attention for a strikingly inventive solution to one of its most stubborn clinical problems. When a tumor of the pancreas cannot be safely sampled with needles passed through the skin or with endoscopic ultrasound, patients can […]

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