Positron Emission Tomography Does Not Add to Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer - Concepedia

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Positron Emission Tomography Does Not Add to Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer

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2005

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Dimitrios Lytras, Saxon Connor, L. Bosonnet, R. Jayan, James P. Evans, Mark Hughes, C.J. Garvey, Paula Ghaneh, Robert Sutton, Sobhan Vinjamuri,

Digestive Surgery

Abstract

PET had a similar accuracy to that of CT for imaging pancreatic cancer but it did not provide any additional information in patients with equivocal CT findings and currently would seem of little benefit for the staging of pancreatic cancer.

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