The Weill Cornell Pancreatic Cancer Prevention Program is dedicated to the prevention and early detection of pancreatic cancer. The program offers intensive, advanced evaluation and monitoring for patients at the highest risk of pancreatic cancer, before they develop late-stage disease.
What is Pancreatic Cancer Screening?
Pancreatic cancer screening is a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation designed to detect cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions while still at a curable stage.
Patients in the Pancreatic Cancer Screening Program often receive the following services:
- Consultation with a genetic counselor to discuss your family history and unique, individual risk profile
- Consultation with an advanced endoscopist, surgeon, and/or expert pancreatologist to discuss your personalized screening plan
- Advanced imaging with accurate, pancreas-focused MRI or MRCP imaging
- MRI: A聽noninvasive聽scan聽using聽magnetic聽fields聽(no聽radiation)
- MRCP聽(Magnetic聽Resonance聽Cholangiopancreatography): A type of MRI that specifically聽visualizes聽the聽pancreatic and bile ducts and is ideal for mapping cysts, duct anatomy, and overall pancreatic structure
- Advanced endoscopic diagnostics with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
- EUS allows for precise visualization of the pancreas, as well as the option to sample pancreatic fluid for even more predictive testing
- A customized plan for follow-up and monitoring, tailored to each individual鈥檚 unique risk assessment
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Our聽team聽combines聽expertise聽in聽endoscopic聽ultrasound聽(EUS), MRI/MRCP, and聽genetic聽and聽radiologic聽assessment聽to聽provide聽comprehensive,聽patient-centered聽care.
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Our screening聽program is聽recommended聽for聽any person who believes he or she may be at increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer.
Common conditions that can place a person at increased risk include:
- A family history of聽pancreatic聽cancer
- A聽known聽genetic聽mutation (e.g.,聽BRCA1,聽BRCA2,聽PALB2,聽ATM,聽Lynch,聽CDKN2A)
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- Acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis
- New-onset聽diabetes without聽another聽clear聽cause
- A history of pancreatic cystic lesions
