Background: 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) was carried out before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by radical surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). The aim of this study was to define its predictive and prognostic values.
Prospective study on the FDG-PET/CT predictive and prognostic values in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy and radical surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer / Martoni AA; Di Fabio F; Pinto C; Castellucci P; Pini S; Cecarelli C; Cuicchi D; Iacopino B; Di Tullio P; Giaquinta S; Tardio L; Lombardi R; Fanti S; Cola B. - In: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0923-7534. - STAMPA. - 22:3(2011), pp. 650-656. [10.1093/annonc/mdq433]
Prospective study on the FDG-PET/CT predictive and prognostic values in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy and radical surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer
CASTELLUCCI, PAOLO;CUICCHI, DAJANA;LOMBARDI, RAFFAELE;FANTI, STEFANO;COLA, BRUNO
2011
Abstract
Background: 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) was carried out before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by radical surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). The aim of this study was to define its predictive and prognostic values.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
