title: Staging cancer of the pancreas.
abstract: Pancreatic carcinoma is the fourth cause of death from cancer in the United States, with a survival rate at 5 years of less than 5%. About 60% of tumors originate at the head of the pancreas, 15% in the body, 5% in the tail; 20% are diffuse within the pancreas. This article discusses the imaging and staging of pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Radiological Department, General Hospital Cá Foncello, Treviso, Italy. gmorana@ulss.tv.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morana
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cancian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pozzi Mucelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cugini
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18