The predictive value of 18F-FDG PET/CT for assessing pathological response and survival in locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy

Lucia Leccisotti, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Chiara De Waure, Antonella Stefanelli, Brunella Barbaro, Fabio Maria Vecchio, Claudio Coco, Roberto Persiani, Antonio Crucitti, Antonino Pio Tortorelli, Alessandro Giordano, Vincenzo Valentini

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Abstract

To evaluate whether metabolic changes in the primary tumour during and after preoperative radiochemotherapy (RCT) can predict the histopathological response in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer as well as disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)657-666
Numero di pagine10
RivistaEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volume42
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015

Keywords

  • 18F-FDG PET/CT
  • radiochemotherapy
  • rectal cancer

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