Open AccessColorectal cancer and 18FDG-PET/CT: What about adding the T to the N parameter in loco-regional staging?
Author(s) -
Pier Paolo Mainenti,
Delfina Iodice,
Sabrina Segreto,
Giovanni Storto,
Mario Magliulo,
Giovanni Domenico De Palma,
Marco Salvatore,
Leonardo Pace
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i11.1427
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , positron emission tomography , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , nuclear medicine , adenocarcinoma , confidence interval , t stage , cancer , positron emission tomography computed tomography , computed tomography , tomography , paleontology , biology
To evaluate whether FDG-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) may be an accurate technique in the assessment of the T stage in patients with colorectal cancer.