# OnCo record idea-prev-ipmn-surveillance-stop-rule (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-ipmn-surveillance-stop-rule/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-prev-ipmn-surveillance-stop-rule" ;
  schema:name "Stop watching stable low-risk pancreatic cysts after five years"@en ;
  schema:description "Small pancreatic cysts turn up on abdominal scans and are then followed for life. Low-risk cysts under 2 cm that are unchanged at five years rarely turn to cancer in Japanese and US cohorts, so a randomised trial of stopping surveillance would test whether years of scans can be spared."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-ipmn-surveillance-stop-rule/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djq099> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/ipmn-cystic-precursors/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/imaging/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/mri/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-overdiagnosis/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-welch-j-natl-cancer-inst/> .