Accuracy of positron emission tomography/computed tomography and clinical assessment in the detection of complete rectal tumor regression after neoadjuvant chemoradiation: Long-term results of a prospective trial (National Clinical Trial 00254683)

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3501-3511

  Perez, Rodrigo Oliva ^a,b   Habr Gama, Angelita ^a   Gama Rodrigues, Joaquim ^a   Proscurshim, Igor ^a   Julião, Guilherme Pagin São ^b   Lynn, Patricio ^a   Ono, Carla Rachel ^b,c   Campos, Fabio Guilherme ^b   Silva E Sousa Jr , Afonso Henrique ^b   Imperiale, Antonio Rocco ^b   Nahas, Sergio Carlos ^b   Buchpiguel, Carlos Alberto ^b,c  

^a Angelita and Joaquim Gama Institute   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

complete clinical response; neoadjuvant chemoradiation; positron emission tomography computed tomography; rectal cancer; tumor response

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863333255     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26644     Document Type: Article

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