Preoperative assessment of lymph nodal metastases with [ 68 Ga]Ga-DOTATOC PET radiomics for improved surgical planning in well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.
Paola MapelliCarolina BezziFrancesca MuffattiSamuele GhezzoCarla CanevariPatrizia MagnaniMarco Schiavo LenaAnna BattistellaPaola ScifoValentina AndreasiStefano PartelliArturo ChitiMassimo FalconiMaria PicchioPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2024)
Ga]Ga-DOTATOC PET radiomics allowed to increase diagnostic sensitivity in detecting LN metastases from 24 to 77% in NF-PanNET patients candidate to surgery. Especially in case of micrometastatic involvement, this approach might assist clinicians in a better patients' stratification.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- positron emission tomography
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patients undergoing
- lymph node
- lymph node metastasis
- inflammatory response
- radiation therapy
- cell proliferation
- atrial fibrillation
- toll like receptor
- rectal cancer
- locally advanced
- nuclear factor
- pet imaging