New Concepts in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to examine in detail a range of interesting new concepts in the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Its primary goals are to offer a valuable source of information for clinicians involved in th
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Series Editors A. L. Baert, Leuven M. F. Reiser, München H. Hricak, New York M. Knauth, Göttingen
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Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging
Editorial Board Andy Adam, London Fred Avni, Brussels Richard L. Baron, Chicago Carlo Bartolozzi, Pisa George S. Bisset, Houston A. Mark Davies, Birmingham William P. Dillon, San Francisco D. David Dershaw, New York Sam Sanjiv Gambhir, Stanford Nicolas Grenier, Bordeaux Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Vienna Robert Hermans, Leuven Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Heidelberg Theresa McLoud, Boston Konstantin Nikolaou, München Caroline Reinhold, Montreal Donald Resnick, San Diego Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Erlangen Stephen Solomon, New York Richard D. White, Columbus
Andrea Laghi (Ed.)
New Concepts in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Foreword by Albert L. Baert
Editor Prof. Andrea Laghi Università di Roma, La Sapienza Dipto. Scienze Radiologiche Polo Pontino, I.C.O.T. Via Franco Faggiana 34 04100 Latina Italy [email protected]
ISSN: 0942-5373 ISBN: 978-3-540-85380-0 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-85381-7 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85381-7 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937237 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudio Calamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The prognosis of patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas remains poor notwithstanding the enormous progress achieved in the imaging of this disease during the past two decades by the introduction of the cross-sectional new imaging modalities including Pet-CT Because this disease remains an important cause of death, due to oncological cause in men and women, big efforts have been made to clarify its epidemiology and pathology genetics as well as to develop new strategic concepts for therapy. Moreover the large spectrum of available moder
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