Article10.1097/mnm.0b013e3283477dd7
18F-FDG PET-CT in evaluation of postoperative colorectal cancer patients with rising CEA level
Bhagwant Rai Mittal,Senthil Raja,Raghava Kashyap,Anish Bhattacharya,Baljinder Singh,Rakesh Kapoor+1 more-2011-07-15-Nuclear Medicine Communications
3
TL;DRAbstract
This study shows an overall detection rate of 71% for PET/CT compared with 55% for CT in postoperative CRC patients with increasing CEA. PET/CT changes the management in half of the patients, highlighting the superior role of fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scan over CT scan.
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
This study shows an overall detection rate of 71% for PET/CT compared with 55% for CT in postoperative CRC patients with increasing CEA. PET/CT changes the management in half of the patients, highlighting the superior role of fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scan over CT scan.
Keywords
MedicineColorectal cancerCancerRadiologyNuclear medicineOncologyInternal medicine
Chat
Click to start Chat