Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma staging: A narrative review of radiologic techniques and advances.

ABSTRACT: Radiology plays an important role in the initial diagnosis and staging of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). CT is the preferred modality over MRI, due to wider availability, greater consistency in image quality, and lower cost. MRI and PET/CT are usually reserved as problem-solving tools in select patients. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines define resectability criteria based on tumor involvement of the arteries and veins, and triage patients into resectable, borderline resectable, locally advanced, and metastatic categories. Patients with resectable disease are eligible for upfront surgical resection, while patients with high-stage disease are treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy with hopes of downstaging the disease

SUBMITTER: Chu LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486980 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature