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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2022; 10(12): E1526-E1527
DOI: 10.1055/a-1965-3191
Editorial

EUS-guided treatments of pancreatic cystic neoplasms – a call for methodological improvements

Andrea Lisotti‡
1   Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital of Imola, University of Bologna, Imola, Italy.
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Ryan Law‡
2   Mayo Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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Pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCN) affect up to 5 % of the general population, with a relative prevalence increase in recent decades, mostly due to increased life-expectancy and the improvements in the diagnostic potential and widespread availability of cross-sectional imaging [1] [2].



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15 December 2022

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