Fecal elastase, an assay for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, has clinical utility in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• ² Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
• ³ Department of Clinical Nutrition and Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042C, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.