| Literature DB >> 31402332 |
M Wartski1, A Sauvanet2.
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma represents 90% of all pancreatic tumors. The only hope for prolonged survival in patients with this condition still remains surgery with complete R0 resection. Initial imaging has a pivotal role to identify patients who are eligible to curative surgery and those who may benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This review provides an analysis of the recent literature on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Performances of FDG PET in the detection of lymph node involvement and metastatic spread at initial staging and those in the assessment of response to treatment are described.Entities:
Keywords: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET/CT); Imaging; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31402332 DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2019.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Interv Imaging ISSN: 2211-5684 Impact factor: 4.026