title: The imaging of pancreatic exocrine solid tumors: the role of computed tomography and positron emission tomography.
abstract: The only potentially radical treatment for pancreatic cancer is the removal of the tumor which can be performed by total or subtotal surgical resection of the pancreas; this is possible in the early stages of the disease when the tumor is confined to the pancreatic gland without metastasis to the liver, lymph nodes and/or the peritoneum, or involvement of the vascular system such as the celiac trunk and its branches and the superior mesenteric artery. In this paper, we describe the accuracy of computed tomography and positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, Internal Medicine, and Surgery, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna. Bologna, Italy. lcalculli@aosp.bo.it.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calculli
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pezzilli
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casadei
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiscaletti
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brindisi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fantini
authors.forename: Giampaolo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gavelli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed