The Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Management and Prediction of Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
| Autor: | Se Jin Ahn, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Rathan M. Subramaniam, Brenda Young, Pratyusha Nunna |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Contrast Media Multimodal Imaging 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pancreatic cancer medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Pancreas Survival analysis Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography PET-CT medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Survival Analysis Pancreatic Neoplasms Radiographic Image Enhancement medicine.anatomical_structure Positron emission tomography 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Positron-Emission Tomography Radiology Tomography Differential diagnosis business Nuclear medicine Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Journal of computer assisted tomography. 40(1) |
| ISSN: | 1532-3145 |
| Popis: | The role of positron emission tomography (PET) and PET/computed tomography (CT) in the management of pancreatic cancer patients has not been clearly established. Although value of PET/CT in the staging of pancreatic cancer is still being debated, several studies pointed to its superior role in determining therapy response, recurrence detection, and survival prediction in comparison to conventional imaging including contrast-enhanced CT. This article reviews the current literature on usefulness of PET/CT in the management of pancreatic cancer patients. |
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