Pancreatic cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We enrolled 314 consecutive patients with biopsy-confirmed pancreatic invasive ductal carcinoma who underwent FDG-PET/CT before treatment between April 2010 and March 2018. 20 years old or older
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were as follows: 1) no significant solid mass on CT/MRI; 2) no significant FDG-uptake; 3) uncontrolled diabetes (<150 mg/dl); 4) multiple cancer; 5) unknown clinical course; 6) under best supportive care; 7) sudden death; 8) early death after surgery.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The study endpoint was overall survival (OS), defined as the time from pretreatment FDG-PET/CT scan to cancer-related death. Outcome data were collected from the medical records of each patient. Surviving patients were censored at the time of last clinical follow-up. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tohoku University Hospital Department of Diagnostic Radiology