Evaluation of circulating ADH and MIC-1 as diagnostic markers in Egyptian patients with pancreatic cancer

摘要

Background: Despite the incidence rate of pancreatic cancer (PC) is uncommon in developing countries, it is considered as one of the most lethal disease. Improving patients' survival requires diagnosis of the disease at early stage. Therefore, it is imperative to identify more specific and sensitive marker(s) to be used for early detection of PC.