TAKEAWAY: Genus-level microbial markers demonstrated exceptional diagnostic performance (area under the curve [AUC], 98.23), while the phylum-based model achieved an AUC of 79.9.

The pooled results showed that at the phylum level, the proportion of Firmicutes was lower in PDAC and CP patients than in HC patients ( [IDDF2025-ABS-0273 figure 1] [4]. Forest plot of meta-analysis ...