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Review
. 2011 Sep;47(14):2107-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.05.013. Epub 2011 Jun 12.

Whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: current evidence in oncology and potential role in colorectal cancer staging

Doenja M J Lambregts  1 , Monique Maas, Vincent C Cappendijk, Leonne M Prompers, Felix M Mottaghy, Geerard L Beets, Regina G H Beets-Tan
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Whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: current evidence in oncology and potential role in colorectal cancer staging

Doenja M J Lambregts et al. Eur J Cancer. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Tumour staging in cancer patients generally entails a multimodality imaging approach. Whole-body (WB) imaging techniques may, however, be more time- and cost-effective than a multimodality approach. 2-fluorine-18-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET), computed tomography (CT) and hybrid positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) are the most established WB modalities, although new techniques, amongst which diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI), are emerging. This review aims to evaluate the current evidence for WB-DWI in oncology, to discuss its potential for the WB staging of (colo)rectal cancer and to relate it to the established WB techniques.

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