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Review
. 2011 Oct;36(10):884-8.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318219b507.

F-18 FDG PET/CT in rectal carcinoma: where are we now?

Gaia Grassetto  1 , Maria Cristina Marzola, Annamaria Minicozzi, Adil Al-Nahhas, Domenico Rubello
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Review

F-18 FDG PET/CT in rectal carcinoma: where are we now?

Gaia Grassetto et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

This short review aims at summarizing the available data pertaining to the usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT in rectal cancer. It is specifically focused on the emerging role of F-18 FDG PET/CT in assessing the response to neoadjuvant combined radiochemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. It also probes the possibility of finding standardized PET/CT parameters that are capable of differentiating responders from nonresponders in whom therapeutic approach could be modified.

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