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Acinar Cell Cancer
Findings from Tohoku University in acinar cell cancer reported
May 12th, 2009
"The patients consisted of a 60-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man with no significant symptoms, who were both referred to the hospital due to the presence of large pancreatic tumors. They underwent F-18 FDG PET/CT and subsequently a pancreaticoduodenectomy and acinar cell carcinoma in the pancreas was proven histopathologically," investigators in Sendai, Japan report. "In one case, the tumor consisted of a solid component presenting intense FDG uptake and necrotic tissue. In another case, the tumor consisted of cystic and papillary components presenting with weak FDG uptake," wrote K. Takanami and colleagues, Tohoku University. The researchers...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-12)
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