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

• Main Authors: Nikola Y. Kolev (Author), Anton Y. Tonev (Author), Valentin L. Ignatov (Author), Georgi H. Ivanov (Author), Aleksander K. Zlatarov (Author), Georgi Todorov (Author), Krasimir D. Ivanov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Peytchinski Publishing, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...