Established, emerging and future roles of PET/CT in the management of colorectal cancer.

2008-10-23

Herbertson, R A

Scarsbrook, A F

Lee, S T

Tebbutt, Niall C

Scott, Andrew M

Journal Article

10.1016/j.crad.2008.08.008

Positron-emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is rapidly being integrated into the imaging pathways of several different tumour types, most frequently using the glucose analogue 2- [(18)F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG). Integrated FDG-PET/CT combines functional and anatomical imaging to improve sensitivity and specificity of tumour detection. The aim of this article is to review the established, emerging, and future roles of FDG-PET/CT in the management of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

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Clinical Radiology 2008; 64(3): 225-37

Clinical radiology