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PET/CT-Guided Biopsy in Pancreatic Lesions

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Pancreatic cancer represents the fourth most common cause of cancer mortality among men and women worldwide, probably related to its usual delayed diagnosis and aggressive characteristics [1]. The interest in proper evaluation of pancreatic lesions and unveiling their histological aspects has been growing strong over the last years.

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  1. Quanta – Diagnóstico e Terapia, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Juliano J. Cerci & Mateos Bogoni

  2. Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Dominique Delbeke

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  1. PET/CT Center, Quanta Diagnóstico e Terapia, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Juliano Cerci

  2. Ospedale S. Orsola Malpighi, Universitary Hospital, Bologna, Italy

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  3. Radiology&Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Cente, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Dominique Delbeke

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Cerci, J.J., Bogoni, M., Delbeke, D. (2016). PET/CT-Guided Biopsy in Pancreatic Lesions. In: Cerci, J., Fanti, S., Delbeke, D. (eds) Oncological PET/CT with Histological Confirmation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27880-3_7

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