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Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update

Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, with only a minority of cases being resectable at the moment of their diagnosis. The accurate detection and characterization of pancreatic carcinoma is very important for patient management. Multidetector-row comput...

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Autores principales: Granata, Vincenza, Fusco, Roberta, Catalano, Orlando, Setola, Sergio Venanzio, de Lutio di Castelguidone, Elisabetta, Piccirillo, Mauro, Palaia, Raffaele, Grassi, Roberto, Granata, Francesco, Izzo, Francesco, Petrillo, Antonella
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27891175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0105-6
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author Granata, Vincenza
Fusco, Roberta
Catalano, Orlando
Setola, Sergio Venanzio
de Lutio di Castelguidone, Elisabetta
Piccirillo, Mauro
Palaia, Raffaele
Grassi, Roberto
Granata, Francesco
Izzo, Francesco
Petrillo, Antonella
author_facet Granata, Vincenza
Fusco, Roberta
Catalano, Orlando
Setola, Sergio Venanzio
de Lutio di Castelguidone, Elisabetta
Piccirillo, Mauro
Palaia, Raffaele
Grassi, Roberto
Granata, Francesco
Izzo, Francesco
Petrillo, Antonella
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description Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, with only a minority of cases being resectable at the moment of their diagnosis. The accurate detection and characterization of pancreatic carcinoma is very important for patient management. Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) has become the cross-sectional modality of choice in the diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and follow-up of patients with pancreatic tumors. However, approximately 11% of ductal adenocarcinomas still remain undetected at MDCT because of the lack of attenuation gradient between the lesion and the adjacent pancreatic parenchyma. In this systematic literature review we investigate the current evolution of the CT technique, limitations, and perspectives in the evaluation of pancreatic carcinoma.
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spelling pubmed-51112672016-11-25 Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update Granata, Vincenza Fusco, Roberta Catalano, Orlando Setola, Sergio Venanzio de Lutio di Castelguidone, Elisabetta Piccirillo, Mauro Palaia, Raffaele Grassi, Roberto Granata, Francesco Izzo, Francesco Petrillo, Antonella Infect Agent Cancer Review Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, with only a minority of cases being resectable at the moment of their diagnosis. The accurate detection and characterization of pancreatic carcinoma is very important for patient management. Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) has become the cross-sectional modality of choice in the diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and follow-up of patients with pancreatic tumors. However, approximately 11% of ductal adenocarcinomas still remain undetected at MDCT because of the lack of attenuation gradient between the lesion and the adjacent pancreatic parenchyma. In this systematic literature review we investigate the current evolution of the CT technique, limitations, and perspectives in the evaluation of pancreatic carcinoma. BioMed Central 2016-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5111267/ /pubmed/27891175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0105-6 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Granata, Vincenza
Fusco, Roberta
Catalano, Orlando
Setola, Sergio Venanzio
de Lutio di Castelguidone, Elisabetta
Piccirillo, Mauro
Palaia, Raffaele
Grassi, Roberto
Granata, Francesco
Izzo, Francesco
Petrillo, Antonella
Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
title Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
title_full Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
title_fullStr Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
title_full_unstemmed Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
title_short Multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
title_sort multidetector computer tomography in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma assessment: an update
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27891175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0105-6
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