Pancreatic cancer

D Li, K Xie, R Wolff, JL Abbruzzese - The Lancet, 2004 - thelancet.com
Pancreatic cancer remains a major unsolved health problem, with conventional cancer
treatments having little impact on disease course. Almost all patients who have pancreatic …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodality imaging of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a review of the literature

SV Shrikhande, SG Barreto, M Goel, S Arya - Hpb, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Accurate pre-operative imaging in pancreatic cancer helps avoid unsuccessful
surgical explorations and forewarns surgeons regarding aberrant anatomy. This review …

A prospective diagnostic accuracy study of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, multidetector row computed tomography …

SP Kauhanen, G Komar, MP Seppänen… - Annals of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To prospectively compare the accuracy of combined positron emission
tomography/computed tomography using 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET/CT) …

Imaging modalities in the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy

J Toft, WJ Hadden, JM Laurence, V Lam, L Yuen… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Pancreatic cancer, primarily pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC),
accounts for 2.4% of cancer diagnoses and 5.8% of cancer death annually. Early diagnoses …

[HTML][HTML] FDG-PET in diagnosis, staging and prognosis of pancreatic carcinoma: a meta-analysis

Z Wang, JQ Chen, JL Liu, XG Qin… - World Journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To investigate the potential role of positron emission tomography (PET) in the
diagnosis, staging and prognosis predicting of pancreatic carcinoma (PC). METHODS: A …

Usefulness of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to confirm suspected pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis

AP Rijkers, R Valkema, HJ Duivenvoorden… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction Pancreatic cancer is among the five most lethal malignancies in the world.
Unfortunately, many malignant tumors go undetected by the current primary diagnostic tools …

State-of-the-art PET/CT of the pancreas: current role and emerging indications

DV Sahani, PA Bonaffini, OA Catalano… - Radiographics, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Fused positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) is a recently
developed technology that couples the functional information of PET with the anatomic …

Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT for Differentiation of Autoimmune Pancreatitis With Atypical Pancreatic Imaging Findings From Pancreatic Cancer

TY Lee, MH Kim, DH Park, DW Seo… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical usefulness of PET/CT in
differentiating autoimmune pancreatitis from pancreatic cancer. MATERIALS AND …

Molecular Imaging Techniques in Body Imaging1

DJA Margolis, JM Hoffman, RJ Herfkens, RB Jeffrey… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Molecular imaging of the body involves new techniques to image cellular biochemical
processes, which results in studies with high sensitivity, specificity, and signal-to …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of PET/CT in diagnosis, staging, assessment of resectability and metabolic response of pancreatic cancer

XY Wang, F Yang, C Jin, DL Fu - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common gastrointestinal tumors, with its incidence
staying at a high level in both the United States and China. However, the overall 5-year …