Liver metastases
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age older than 18 years. - Patients with on CECT suspected pancreatic cancer and liver lesions detected by CE-DW-MRI. - Liver lesions cannot be biopsied with transabdominal ultrasound. - Written (signed and dated) informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Successful ultrasound-guided liver biopsy with proven metastases. - Insufficient command of the Dutch language to be able to understand the patient information - Pregnancy - Contraindication for MRI
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility of MR-guided liver biopsy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Percentage representative histopathology of liver lesions. - Procedure duration - Procedure workflow - Occurrence of procedure related complications/adverse events - Lesion size - Skin-to-target length - Histopathologic analysis of metastases. Correlation between different aspects of lesions on MRI and HE-staining. Amount of fibrosis, tumor grade, angiogenesis (MVD). - Optimization of imaging protocol during liver biopsy procedure | — |
Countries
Netherlands