Management implications of FDG-PET/MR in untreated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Conclusion: Accurate evaluation of the local and distant extent of iCCC has profound implications on patient management. In our study, FDG-PET/MR significantly impacted the treatment plan in almost one-third of patients with iCCC allowing a more precise assessment of the intrahepatic extent of disease as well as detecting or ruling out distant metastases. Therefore, FDG-PET/MR should be considered in the routine staging of patients with iCCC. The main limitations of our study are the small sample size. However, to the best of our knowledge this is the first study investigating PET/MR in the settings of iCCC.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 20, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Catalano, O., Amorim, B., Ferrone, C., Qadan, M., Zhu, A., Goyal, L., Vangel, M., Groshar, D., Gervais, D. Tags: Oncology, Clinical Diagnosis: GI Posters Source Type: research