Open AccessAssessing tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer with rectoscopy and 18F-FDG PET/CT: results from a prospective series
Author(s) -
Víctor López-López,
Jesús Abrisqueta,
Juan Luján,
Patricio B. Lynn,
Laura López de Frutos,
Akiko Ono,
Eduardo J. Ortiz,
José J. López-Espín,
José Gil,
Pascual Parrilla
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6954/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , radiology , prospective cohort study , neoadjuvant therapy , nuclear medicine , proctoscopy , rectal examination , cancer , rectum , breast cancer , prostate cancer
rectoscopy and 18F-FDG PET/CT as a diagnostic algorithm for the assessment of tumor response in rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is very useful.