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Imaging strategies in hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

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Approximately two-thirds of metastatic lesions that develop following curative resection of colorectal cancer occur in the liver and lung. In select groups of patients, resection of these lesions is associated with increased 5-year survival. In the liver, precise preoperative documentation of the presence, location, number, and relationship of these lesions to vascular structure is crucial in the selection of candidates for curative resection. Computed tomography with arterial portography (CTAP), intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS), positron emission tomographic (PET) scan, and radionuclide scanning, including radiolabeled monoclonal antibody imaging, are emerging as the procedures of choice in the preoperative and intraoperative evaluation of metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver.

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    Ralph J. Doerr, Mahmoud N. Kulaylat & Hani Abdel-Nabi

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Doerr, R.J., Kulaylat, M.N. & Abdel-Nabi, H. Imaging strategies in hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 2, 126–133 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02348737

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