Screening for pancreatic cancer in familial high-risk individuals: A systematic review

Table 1 Analytical studies on pancreatic cancer screening

Study	Type of study (number of subjects)	Country	Duration of follow-up	Measured outcome
Canto et al[12], 2006	Prospective controlled study		About 3 yr	Different diagnostic rate of PC, tumor type and screening complications
	(n = 227)	United States
Kim et al[13], 2011	Retrospective			Different tumor type, curative resection, median survival, 3-yr survival rate
	controlled study	Korea	-
	(n = 60)
Potjer et al[14], 2013	Prospective controlled study		A minimum of 1 yr	Different tumor type, frequency and behavior of precursor lesions
	(n = 241)	Netherland
Lachter et al[15], 2007	Retrospective			Different diagnostic rate of PC, the number of operations
	controlled study	Israel	-
	(n = 134)
Zubarik et al[16], 2011	Prospective controlled study			Different diagnostic rate of PC, tumor type, screening complications and cost of detection
	(n = 670)	United States	1 yr

PC: Pancreatic cancer.