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Abstract #4269

Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer by Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance and pO2 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging

Jose Santiago Enriquez1,2, Rian M Howell2,3, Olivereen Le Roux3, Shivanand Pudakalakatti1, Prasanta Dutta1, Florencia McAllister2,3, and Pratip Bhattacharya1,2
1Cancer System Imaging, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States, 2UT MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Science Center Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, 3Clinical Cancer Prevention, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Cancer, Pancreas, Metabolism, Metabolic Imaging, Hyperpolarized MR (non-gas)There is an unmet need for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Diagnosis is difficult due to the asymptomatic nature of pancreatic cancer. One way to detect the early stages is to monitor the altered metabolism in premalignant pancreatic lesions in vivo with hyperpolarized metabolic imaging. Here we demonstrate how genetically engineered mouse models were used to detect early stages of pancreatic cancer as we see an increase in the altered metabolism in the pancreatic cancer models compared to control mice. Simultaneously we observe changes in hypoxia levels in these models using electron paramagnetic resonance imaging.

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