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Thanks for your critique re using Wikipedia as an information source. Though I too find Wikipedia posts occasionally somewhat inaccurate and/or incomplete, IMHO they are often helpful when read with a critical eye. Coincidentally, lately I began reading "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, his personal story as an academic and pancreatic cancer patient who died just a few months following his diagnosis. This relatively young, tenured professor at Carnegie-Mellon was an advocate of using Wikipedia.
On another note, thank-you. Your comment caused me to go back and poke around a bit. While poking around I came across this informative article regarding ctDNA testing as a prognostic biomarker for managing resectable pancreatic cancer.
https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/2394-4722.2022.20
I begin the next phase of my neoadjuvant treatments tomorrow (3 weeks of radiotherapy with reduced dose chemotherapy) before my anticipated modified Whipple in January. Thanks again.

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Further, and in regard to another related DNA biomarker test (cfDNA) article published in October of 2023.....

Diagnosing and monitoring pancreatic cancer through cell-free DNA methylation: progress and prospects
https://biomarkerres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40364-023-00528-y