Consequences of CT colonography in stenosing colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
JF Huisman,
LW Leicher,
Esther de Boer,
HL van Westreenen,
JW de Groot,
F. A. Holman,
P. van de Meeberg,
P. E. J. M. Sallevelt,
Koen Peeters,
Martin N.J.M. Wasser,
Hans F. A. Vasen,
WH de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1432-1262
pISSN - 0179-1958
DOI - 10.1007/s00384-016-2683-6
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , radiology , hepatology , surgical oncology , abdominal surgery , retrospective cohort study , cancer , surgery
In patients with stenosing colorectal cancer (CRC), visualization of the entire colon prior to surgery is recommended to exclude synchronous tumors. Therefore, most centers combine computed tomographic colonography (CTC) with staging CT. The aims of this study were to evaluate the yield and clinical implications of CTC.
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