Cancer of the pancreas: The best image for early detection - CT, MRI, PET or US?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-105

  Hanbidge, Anthony E ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreatic cancer; Positron emission tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKILL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036103153     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/184370     Document Type: Article

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