Furukawa, Toru    Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine    Position   Visiting Professor
Language	English
Title	Subtype classification of IPMN and its impact on patient care.
Conference	American Pancreatic Association Pre-Meeting, Boston 2016
Promoters	Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo and Anirban Maitra
Conference Type	International society and overseas society
Invitation	Invitation
Presentation Type	Speech
Lecture Type	Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)
Publisher and common publisher	◎Toru Furukawa
Date	2016/10/26
Venue (city and name of the country)	Boston, MA, USA
Summary	Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) show variations in morphological and immunohistochemical features of cells and papillae. These variations of IPMNs are classified into four distinct subtypes, namely, gastric type, intestinal type, pancreatobiliary type, and oncocytic type. These subtypes are well associated with clinicopathological features and known to be an independent prognostic factor. The subtypes can be determined not only on surgical specimen but also on cytology or biopsy specimen, hence, information of the subtypes is available during diagnostic process, which is expected to facilitate better clinical management of patients with IPMN.