THE USEFULNESS OF CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC CARCINOMA BEFORE AND AFTER CHEMORADIATION THERAPY
M Nishida, K Koito, N Hirokawa, T Satoh, M Hori, Y Kawai, T Shonai, M Someya, N Yama, H Hyodoh, M Hareyama · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2005 · Heft 09
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Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate the hemodynamic response to treatment, as shown by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (EU). Methods and Materials: Seventeen patients with unresectable Stage IVa/ IVb pancreatic carcinoma were enrolled. Pathologically, all tumors were proven to be adenocarcinoma. EU was performed before and after chemoradiation. We assigned the intratumoral enhancement pattern of EU, a score of 1 for weakly positive, 2 for positive, 3 for strongly positive and 4 for very strongly positive The treatment effect was estimated by CT. IMD (intratumoral microvessel density) was calculate…