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Selected References
Pretreatment DiagnosticImaging Studies

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Bold R, Pearson S, Lee J, Pisters W.T., Wolff R., Lahoti S., Chiao P., Abbruzzese J., Evans D. (1998). Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Current Concepts and Future Therapies. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Charnsangavej C, Cinqualbre A, Herron DH, Dubrow RA.Diagnosis of pancreatic masses: evaluation with CT at 1.5-mm slice thickness and bolus IV contrast enhancement. J Postgrad Radiol 1992;12:270-287.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Cleary KR. Pathology and staging of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Cancer Bulletin 1994;46:478-484.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Evans DB, Abbruzzese JL, Rich TA. Cancer of the pancreas. DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, eds. Cancer, Principles and Practice of Oncology, Fifth Edition. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1997;1054-1087.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Evans DB, Lee JE, Pisters PWT. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation) and total pancreatectomy for cancer. Nyhus LM, Baker RJ, Fischer JF, eds. Mastery of Surgery. 3rd ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1997; 1233-1249.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Freeny PC, Marks WM, Ryan JA, Traverso LW. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Diagnosis and staging with dynamic CT. Radiology 1988;166:125-133.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Fuhrman GM, Charnsangavej C, Abbruzzese JL, et al. Thin-section contrast-enhanced computed tomography accurately predicts the resectability of malignant pancreatic neoplasms. Am J Surg 1994; 167:104-13.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Ibukuro K, Charnsangavej C, Chasen MH, et al. Helical (Spiral) CT angiography with multiplanar reformation (MPR): technique and clinical applications. Radiographics 1995;15:671-682.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Loyer EM, David CL, Dubrow RA, Evans DB, Charnsangavej C. Vascular involvement in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: reassessment by thin-section CT. Abdom Imaging 1996;21:202-206.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Megibow AJ, Zhou XH, Rotterdam H, et al. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma: CT versus MR imaging in the evaluation of resectability-- report of the Radiology Diagnostic Oncology Group. Radiology 1995;195:327-332.

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Muller MF, Meyenberger C, Bertschinger P, Schaer R, Marincek B. Pancreatic tumors: evaluation with endoscopic US, CT, and MR imaging. Radiology 1994;190:745-751

Dot.gif (172 bytes) Semelka RC, Ascher SM. MR imaging of the pancreas. Radiology 1993;188:593-602.

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