Preoperative 2-[18F]FDG PET-CT aids in the prognostic stratification for patients with primary ampullary carcinoma

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 8040 - 8049
• Main Authors: Chuang, Pei-Ju, Wang, Hsiu-Po, Lin, Yu-Jen, Chen, Chieh-Chang, Tien, Yu-Wen, Hsieh, Min-Shu, Yang, Shih-Hung, Yen, Ruoh-Fang, Ko, Chi-Lun, Wu, Yen-Wen, Cheng, Mei-Fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ampulla of Vater; Biomarkers; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Computed tomography; Diagnostic Radiology; Fluorine isotopes; Health hazards; Imaging; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Medical prognosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasms; Neuroradiology; Nuclear Medicine; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Patients; Positron emission; Positron emission tomography; Radiology; Rank tests; Statistical models; Survival; Tomography; Tumors; Ultrasound; Positron-emission tomography; Survival analysis; Ampulla of Vater; Neoplasms; Disease-free survival

Objectives We sought to investigate whether preoperative dual-phase 2-[ 18 F]FDG PET-CT identify predictors for poor survival in patients with ampullary carcinoma receiving pancreaticoduodenectomy. Methods The preoperative PET-CT images of patients with resected ampullary carcinoma from June 2007 to...