Staging Computed Tomography in Patients With Noncurative Laparotomy for Periampullary Cancer: Does Nonstructured Reporting Adequately Communicate Resectability?

Periampullary cancer (PC) is a term encompassing malignancies that originate near the ampulla of Vater. It includes cancers of the head and neck of the pancreas, distal common bile duct, second part of the duodenum, and the ampulla itself. Differentiating between these entities, even with biopsy, is often not possible. Therefore, PC is managed identically to pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States despite representing only 3.1% of new cancer diagnoses [1].

Source: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal - December 7, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Harry R. Marshall, Jeff Hawel, Michael Meschino, Daniele Wiseman, Amol Mujoomdar, Esther Lau, Ken Leslie, Cathy Yoshy Tags: Computed Tomography / Tomodensitom étrie Source Type: research