title: [State of the art of pancreatic cancer imaging].
abstract: Ultrasonography and CT-scanner remain the first choice nowadays concerning detection and preoperative work-up of pancreatic cancer. MRI offers interesting options for the detection of liver metastases, and high quality of ductal and vascular examination. Actually, while we await a larger diffusion of MR systems and radiological expertise this technique is preferentially indicated as a third-step procedure when ultrasonography and CT-scanner are normal despite a real suspicion. Otherwise, MRI permits with a single non-invasive examination a complete work-up useful to prepare palliative therapy in case of unresectable tumor.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie médicale, Les Cliniques Saint-Joseph, Liège.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brisbois
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Biquet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hock
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magotteaux
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed