Role of CT in the prediction of pathological complete response in gastric cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Zhi-Long WangYan-Ling LiXiao-Ting LiLei TangZi-Yu LiYing-Shi SunPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)
Two CT features, including the short diameter of the largest lymph node post-chemotherapy and tumor thickness ratio reduction, are good predictors of pCR after NAC in patients with GC.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node
- locally advanced
- image quality
- dual energy
- sentinel lymph node
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- rectal cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- transcription factor
- radiation therapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- optical coherence tomography
- early stage
- high resolution
- pet ct
- simultaneous determination