Improving the Prognosis of Pancreatic Cancer Through Early Detection: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study

Reiko Yamada   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Shuji Isaji   ² , MD ;   Takehiro Fujii   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Shugo Mizuno   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Masashi Kishiwada   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Yasuhiro Murata   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Aoi Hayasaki   ¹ , MD ;   Hiroyuki Inoue   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Yuhei Umeda   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Kyosuke Tanaka   ^{2 *} , MD ;   Yasuhiko Hamada   ² , MD ;   Junya Tsuboi   ² , MD ;   Toshio Kato   ³ , MD ;   Yoshihiro Kondo   ⁴ , MD ;   Shinsuke Matsuda   ⁵ , MD ;   Noriko Watanabe   ⁶ , MD ;   Toru Ogura   ¹ , PhD ;   Satoshi Tamaru   ¹ , MD

¹ Clinical Research Support Center, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan

² Department of Endoscopy, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan

³ Department of Surgery, Toyama Hospital, Tsu, Japan

⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Takeuchi Hospital, Tsu, Japan

⁵ Department of Surgery, Nagai Hospital, Tsu, Japan

⁶ Department of Gastroenterology, Mie Chuo Medical Center, Tsu, Japan

*these authors contributed equally