Early PET-CT in patients with pathological stage III colon cancer may improve their outcome: Results from a large retrospective study.

Assaf MooreOlga UlitskyIrit Ben-AharonGali PerlYulia KundelMichal SarfatyRon LewinLiran DomachevskyHanna BernstineDavid GrosharNir WasserbergHanoch KashtanNoa GordonAaron SulkesBaruch Brenner

Published in: Cancer medicine (2018)

Early postoperative PET-CT changed the staging and treatment of 13.4% of stage III CC patients and has the potential for early detection of curable metastatic disease. Outcome results are encouraging. Prospective validation is ongoing.

Keyphrases

pet ct
end stage renal disease
positron emission tomography
squamous cell carcinoma
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
small cell lung cancer
peritoneal dialysis
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
risk assessment
lymph node