2-(fluorine-18)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET in detection of pancreatic cancer: value of quantitative image interpretation. - Concepedia

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2-(fluorine-18)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET in detection of pancreatic cancer: value of quantitative image interpretation.

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1995

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Gerhard Glatting, Helmut Friess, Florian Kocher, H Berger, S. N. Reske

Abstract

FDG PET enabled reliable differentiation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma from chronic pancreatitis. The sensitivity and specificity of visual image interpretation with FDG PET was statistically significantly higher (P < .05) than with CT.