title: The role of imaging in pancreatic cancer.
abstract: The clinical diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult, and modern radiological imaging methods are critical to the diagnosis and accurate staging of the disease. Furthermore, endoscopic and interventional radiological techniques have now replaced surgery in palliating those patients with nonresectable disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, Hope Hospital, Manchester.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002758:Cholangiography; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed