Pancreatic cancer surveillance and its ongoing challenges: is it time to refine our eligibility criteria?

Individuals at high risk for pancreatic cancer (PC) could potentially benefit from regular surveillance, as the first clinical symptoms of PC often appear only at an advanced stage, at which point the prognosis is often dismal. PC surveillance is therefore aimed at the timely detection and surgical resection of still curable lesions in usually asymptomatic patients. In a guideline developed by the International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening...