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Gastroenterologie
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Gastroent Hepatol 2013; 67(1): 45-48.

18FDG-PET/CT diagnostics of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Pavel Fencl Orcid.org  1

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Summary

Nowadays, high-resolution scanners are used for 18FDG-PET/CT examination, reaching adiagnostic accuracy of 90% to 95%, to diagnose pancreatic cancer. The advantage of the method is the whole-body examination range, which enables reliable detection of remote bodies of disease generalisation thanks to the high sensitivity of metabolic information. Therefore, 18FDG-PET/CT examination should be included in the pre-surgery consideration as it can lead to higher relative savings of funds despite its higher price, as well as improve post-surgery outcomesby excluding from radical treatment those patients whose disease is generalised at the time of the diagnose.

Keywords

PET/CT, pancreatic carcinoma

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