RK
ravi kumar sharma
Chandigarh University
Mohali, India
About this Research Topic
Submission deadlines
Manuscript Submission Deadline 31 October 2026
This Research Topic is currently accepting articles
Background
Pancreatic cystic tumors (PCTs) represent a heterogeneous group of lesions with diverse biological behaviours, ranging from inflammatory, benign, premalignant and malignant Accurate differential diagnosis is essential for guiding clinical management, as overtreatment of benign cysts or underdiagnosis of malignant ones can have significant consequences. The recent advances in imaging modalities, cyst fluid analysis, and molecular profiling have greatly enhanced the diagnostic precision of these entities.
We can cover the following topics
1. Classification of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions
2. Epidemiology
3. Mucinous cystic neoplasm
4. Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm
5. Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm
6. Serous Cystic Neoplasm
7. Pseudocyst
8. Clinical and Demographic Features
9. Imaging Characteristics
10. Cyst Fluid Analysis
11. Cytological features
12. Molecular markers
13. Cyst fluid Tumour markers
14. Cyst ablations
15. Sampling methods
16. FNA VS FNB in PCLs
17. Role of AI in Differential Diagnosis
18. Role of Gut Microbiome in Diagnosis of PCLS
19. Diagnostic Challenges and Emerging Tools
20. Management of PCTs
21. Role of PCTs in early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
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Article types
This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:
- Brief Research Report
- Case Report
- Classification
- Clinical Trial
- Community Case Study
- Data Report
- Editorial
- FAIR² Data
- General Commentary
- Hypothesis and Theory
- Methods
- Mini Review
- Opinion
- Original Research
- Perspective
- Policy and Practice Reviews
- Policy Brief
- Review
- Study Protocol
- Systematic Review
- Technology and Code
Keywords: Pancreatic cystic neoplasms; Differential diagnosis; Cyst fluid analysis; Imaging characteristics; Molecular markers
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