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How useful is integrated PET and CT for the management of pancreatic cancer?

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Okka W Hamer

  2. Chair of the Institute for Diagnostic Radiology, at the University Hospital of Regensburg, Germany

    Stefan Feuerbach

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Hamer, O., Feuerbach, S. How useful is integrated PET and CT for the management of pancreatic cancer?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 74–75 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0407

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