| Literature DB >> 16457980 |
Sukru Mehmet Erturk1, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Hirofumi Fujii, Seiei Yasuda, Pablo R Ros.
Abstract
Colorectal cancer is a major cause of cancer death in Western Europe and United States; the liver is the most common site for colorectal metastases. PET has an important role in the management of patients with colorectal liver metastases. It is an effective tool to detect hepatic metastases and to monitor the response to systemic and local therapy. The major impact of PET-CT over PET alone is the improvement in the certainty of lesion location. PET-CT has the unique advantage to combine functional and anatomic imaging in an integrated scanner; it allows a thoroughly evaluation of patients with colorectal liver metastases.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16457980 DOI： 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.11.042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Radiol ISSN： 0720-048X Impact factor: 3.528