The Role of MR Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer

Priyanka Jha; Benjamin M Yeh; Ronald Zagoria; Eric Collisson; Zhen J Wang

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2018.03.004

The Role of MR Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2018 Aug;26(3):363-373. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

Authors

Priyanka Jha¹, Benjamin M Yeh¹, Ronald Zagoria¹, Eric Collisson², Zhen J Wang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1825 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
³ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: Zhen.Wang@ucsf.edu.

PMID: 30376975
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2018.03.004

Abstract

MR imaging plays an important role in the assessment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Its superior soft tissue contrast is useful in the detection of small, non-contour-deforming tumors and for characterizing indeterminate pancreatic findings at computed tomography. MR imaging can also improve the detection of distant metastases, especially in the liver, thereby facilitating the appropriate selection of surgical candidates.

Keywords: Adenocarcinoma; Diagnosis; MR imaging; Pancreas; Pancreatic neoplasm; Staging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Pancreas / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*