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Identification of New Biomarkers in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer (BIOPAC): A Study Protocol of an Open Cohort Study

Inna Chen

The overall survival of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) is dismal and has improved only slightly during the last decades. Early detection of PC is difficult, and less than 25% of all patients with PC are eligible for surgery. No validated biomarkers exist that identify PC at an early stage and predict treatment outcomes in the individual patient. The objective of the present study is to find diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers that can be used (1) to diagnose PC with high specificity and sensitivity early in the course of the disease, (2) to improve prognostication, and/or (3) to predict and monitor treatment effectiveness and tolerability for the individual patient.