Department of Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, United States.
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, United States.
World J Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec 7;27(45):7862-7865. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i45.7862.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma accounts for the primary type of pancreatic cancer (PC) with a 5-year survival rate of only about 10% in the United States. Early diagnosis will improve chances for curative treatment. To date, a broadly used serum marker for PC diagnosis is carbohydrate antigen 19-9, which is the only approved biomarker currently by the United States Food and Drug Administration. However, it has low specificity; therefore, development of novel biomarkers is urgently needed. Clinical trials are ongoing to evaluate candidate biomarkers for PC diagnosis, and the use of a multi-biomarker panel with current PC diagnostic biomarkers appears promising.
胰腺导管腺癌占美国原发性胰腺癌(PC)的主要类型,其 5 年生存率仅约为 10%。早期诊断将提高治愈治疗的机会。迄今为止,广泛用于 PC 诊断的血清标志物是癌抗原 19-9,这是美国食品和药物管理局目前唯一批准的生物标志物。然而,它的特异性较低;因此,迫切需要开发新的生物标志物。目前正在进行临床试验以评估 PC 诊断候选生物标志物,并且使用当前 PC 诊断生物标志物的多标志物组合似乎很有前途。