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PET/CT Colonography for the Preoperative Evaluation of the Colon Proximal to the Obstructive Colorectal Cancer

Koichi Nagata, Yoshiko Ota, Tomohiko Okawa, Shungo Endo, Shin‐ei Kudo

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2008 · 55 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

In patients with obstructive colorectal cancers, preoperative PET/CT colonography provided valuable anatomic and functional information of the entire colon to properly address surgery of colorectal cancer.

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A combined PET/CT scanner for clinical oncology.

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Risk of Advanced Proximal Neoplasms in Asymptomatic Adults According to the Distal Colorectal Findings

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Colorectal cancer prevention 2000: screening recommendations of the American College of Gastroenterology

Douglas K. Rex · The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2000 · 555 citations

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Whole-Body Dual-Modality PET/CT and Whole-Body MRI for Tumor Staging in Oncology

Gerald Antoch · JAMA · 2003 · 550 citations