PET-PANC: multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy and health economic analysis study of the impact of combined modality 18fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer

Background: Pancreatic cancer diagnosis and staging can be difficult in 10–20% of patients. Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) adds precise anatomical localisation to functional data. The use of PET/CT may add further value to the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer....

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Main Authors: Ghaneh, Paula, Hanson, Robert, Titman, Andrew, Lancaster, Gill, Plumpton, Catrin, Lloyd-Williams, Huw, Tien Yeo, Seow, Edwards, Rhiannon T., Johnson, Colin, Hilal, Mohammed Abul., Higginson, Antony P., Armstrong, Tom, Smith, Andrew, Scarsbrook, Andrew, McKay, Colin, Carter, Ross, Sutcliffe, Robert P., Bramhall, Simon, Kocher, Hemant M., Cunningham, David, Pereira, Stephen P., Davidson, Brian, Chang, David, Khan, Saboor, Zealley, Ian, Sarker, Debashis, Al Sarireh, Bilal, Charnley, Richard, Lobo, Dileep N., Nicolson, Marianne, Halloran, Christopher, Raraty, Michael, Sutton, Robert, Vinjamuri, Sobhan, Evans, Jonathan, Campbell, Fiona, Deeks, Jon, Sanghera, Bal, Wong, Wai-Lup, Neoptolemos, John P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme 2018
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51134/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51134/1/2018_PET-PANC.pdf