Is restaging with chest and abdominal CT scan after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer necessary?

Ayez, Ninos

Is restaging with chest and abdominal CT scan after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer necessary? [electronic resource] - Annals of surgical oncology Jan 2013 - 155-60 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

1534-4681

10.1245/s10434-012-2537-6 doi


Adenocarcinoma--diagnostic imaging
Aged
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic--therapeutic use
Capecitabine
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
Deoxycytidine--analogs & derivatives
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Female
Fluorouracil--analogs & derivatives
Humans
Liver Neoplasms--diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms--diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Neoplasm Staging
Radiography, Abdominal
Radiography, Thoracic
Rectal Neoplasms--diagnostic imaging
Rectum--surgery
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed