Evaluation of Preoperative Investigations in Patients With Liver Cancer

Evaluation of Positron Emission Tomography/ CT Scan, Endoscopic Ultrasono¬Graphy, and Laparoscopic Ultrasonography in the Preoperative Assess¬Ment of Resectability in Patients With Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer

The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic procedures emission tomography in combination with a CT scan (PET/CT) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the preoperative evaluation of resectability of patients with primary or secondary liver cancers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients who are referred to The Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, for surgical treatment of suspected or biopsy proven primary or secondary liver cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age less than 18 years

• patients who are not fit for liver surgery because of co-morbidity

• patients for whom the extra investigations in the study are considered to give an increased risk because of co-morbidity such as

  • Patients with s-creatinin > 150 micromol/l
  • Patients who take peroral antidiabetic drugs or have a poorly regulated diabetes mellitus

• patients who do not understand the patient information

• patients who do not want to participate