Evaluating the ability to detect pancreatic lesions using a special ultrasonography examination focusing on the pancreas

• Published in: European journal of radiology Vol. 91; pp. 10 - 14
• Main Authors: Nakao, Miho, Katayama, Kazuhiro, Fukuda, Junko, Okagaki, Suetsumi, Misu, Kozo, Miyazaki, Sayako, Matsuno, Noritoshi, Ashida, Reiko, Ioka, Tatsuya, Ito, Yuri, Ohkawa, Kazuyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01-06-2017
• Subjects: Aged; Drinking; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Pancreas - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic cyst; Pancreatic Cyst - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tea; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography - methods; Pancreatic cyst; Union for international cancer control; magnetic resonance imaging; UICC; MRI; CI; Pancreatic cancer; Ultrasonography; confidence interval
• ISSN: 0720-048X; 1872-7727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.03.010

Highlights • To detect pancreatic cancer at an early stage, effective screening programs are needed. • Although ultrasonography is a useful screening method, its sensitivity is not satisfactory. • The gastric gas reduces the ability of ultrasonography to detect pancreatic lesions. • We have developed the new method of ultrasonography by ingesting liquid to stomach. • The new method had higher sensitivity to detect pancreatic lesions.