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
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- squamous cell carcinoma
- oxidative stress
- magnetic resonance
- inflammatory response
- palliative care
- immune response
- acute coronary syndrome
- toll like receptor
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass