18 FDG PET/CT derived prognostic parameters in patients with pancreatic cancer

Objectives Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with poor long term outcomes. 18 FDG PET/CT provides functional and anatomical data in metabolically active tumours that can influence the management decisions and inform the overall prognosis. Patients with a high maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) are known to have a poor long term prognosis however, SUVmax provides a single voxel value within a region of interest and therefore may not account for the overall burden of the disease
Source: Pancreatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: 8. Pancreatic Cancer I Source Type: research