title: Staging and surgical management of pancreatic and biliary cancer and inflammation.
abstract: Management of benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas, liver, and biliary tract has made remarkable progress in the last two decades. Advances in minimally invasive surgery, interventional radiology, and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy have changed the treatment of common diseases such as cholelithiasis and more serious diseases such as pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Advances in biliary tract and pancreatic surgery have paralleled the advances in ultrasonographic imaging, CT, and MR imaging. This article outlines the surgeon's perspective on radiologic imaging and preoperative staging of benign and malignant biliary and pancreatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, 201 East Huron, Galter 10-105, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. mtalamonti@nmff.org
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Talamonti
authors.forename: Woody
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Denham
mesh_terms: D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography