The importance of pancreatic cancer staging is uncertain. The aim of this report was to evaluate the accuracy of combined standard imaging techniques in predicting the pathologic stage and to evaluate the prognostic effect of clinical staging to identify patient groups in which laparoscopy and laparotomy could be beneficial.
Department of Radiotherapy, Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia nelleScienze Biomediche, Universitá Cattolica del S. Cuore, Contrada Tappino, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
