New Concepts in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

1. Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Clinical Presentation
Gabriele Capurso, Cesare Hassan, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Emilio Giulio

2. Pathology and Genetics
Aldo Scarpa, Paola Capelli, Ivana Cataldo

3. Ultrasound
Mirko D’Onofrio, Anna Gallotti, Enrico Martone, Francesco Principe, Roberto Pozzi Mucelli

4. The Case for MDCT
Carlo Nicola Cecco, Franco Iafrate, Marco Rengo, Saif Ramman, Andrea Laghi

5. The Case for MRI
Giovanni Morana, Raffaella Pozzi Mucelli, Giuseppe Granieri, Christian Cugini

6. Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Tumors: When and Why?
Angels Ginès, Gloria Fernández-Esparrach, Carmen Ayuso

7. PET/CT in Pancreatic Cancer
Thomas F. Hany, Klaus Strobel

8. A Cost Decision Analysis for Diagnosing and Staging
Stephan L. Haas, Konstantin Heydwolff, J.-Matthias Löhr

9. The Case for Surgery
Claudio Bassi, Matilde Bacchion, Giovanni Marchegiani

10. The Locally Advanced Nonmetastatic Cancer
Florence Huguet

11. Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Systemic Therapy
Jennifer Brown, T. R. Jeffry Evans

12. The Role of Interventional Endoscopy
Guido Costamagna, Pietro Familiari, Andrea Tringali, Ivo Boškoski

13. Local Ablative Techniques in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Franco Orsi, Mario Bezzi, Gianluigi Orgera

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine, Abdominal Surgery, Gastroenterology, Oncology