INFLUENCE OF THE FDG-PET/CT ON THE DIAGNOSE AND STAGING OF COLORECTAL CANCER.

INTRODUCTION: In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), preoperative evaluation and staging should focus on techniques that might alter the preoperative or intraoperative surgical plan. Conventional imaging methods (CT, MRI) have low accuracy for identifying the depth of tumour infiltration and have...

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Main Authors: Nikola Y. Kolev, Anton Y. Tonev, Valentin L. Ignatov, Georgi H. Ivanov, Aleksander K. Zlatarov, Georgi Todorov, Krasimir D. Ivanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peytchinski Publishing 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of IMAB
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Online Access:http://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issue-2012/book1/JofIMAB2012vol18b1p250-256.pdf