This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Targeted next-generation sequencing of cancer genes dissects the molecular profiles of intraductal papillary neoplasms of the pancreas Eliana Amato 1* , Marco dal Molin 2,3* , Andrea Mafficini 1* , Jun Yu 2 , Giuseppe Malleo 3 , Borislav Rusev 1 , Matteo Fassan 1 , Davide Antonello 1 , Yoshihiko Sadakari 2 , Paola Castelli 4 , Giuseppe Zamboni 1,4 , Anirban Maitra 2 , Roberto Salvia 3 , Ralph H. Hruban 2 , Claudio Bassi 3 , Paola Capelli 1 , Rita T. Lawlor 1 , Michael Goggins 2 , Aldo Scarpa 1 1 ARC-Net Research Centre and Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy 2 Department of Pathology, Sol Goldman Pancreatic Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, 21231 Baltimore, MD, USA 3 Department of Surgery, General Surgery B, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy 4 Department of Pathology, Ospedale Sacro Cuore, 37024 Negrar, Italy * shared first authorship Potential competing interests: The authors have no competing interests to declare. Correspondence to: Aldo Scarpa, MD, PhD, ARC-Net Research Centre, Department of Pathology & Diagnostics, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. Tel.: +390458124043, Fax:+390458127432, email: aldo.scarpa@univr.it This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/path.4344