2011
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.4_suppl.566
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The role of postoperative PET-CT in the evaluation of patients with high-risk stage III colorectal cancer (CRC).

Abstract: 566 Background: Routine PET-CT evaluation is still not indicated for stage III CRC patients; however accumulating data suggest that it may modify these patients' staging and treatment. We hence evaluated the role of PET-CT in high risk stage III CRC patients and to characterize positive predictors. Methods: Retrospective chart review of stage III CRC patients who underwent PET-CT for being at high risk for systemic disease attributable to: early T stage (T < 3), grade > 3, < 12 lymph-nodes examined,… Show more

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