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Re-evaluation of the merit of the liver scan in the management of patients with cancer of the colon and rectum

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Radioisotopic scanning of the liver has limitations but is a useful adjunct in determining the presence or absence of malignant invasion of the liver.

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  1. the Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Anthony R. Gennaro M.D. & Harry E. Bacon M.D.

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Gennaro, A.R., Bacon, H.E. Re-evaluation of the merit of the liver scan in the management of patients with cancer of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum 14, 43–45 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553174

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