@article{a90420c46acb4490b752edff85003210,
title = "The predictive value of 18F-FDG PET/CT for assessing pathological response and survival in locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy",
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).",
keywords = "18F-FDG PET/CT, radiochemotherapy, rectal cancer, 18F-FDG PET/CT, radiochemotherapy, rectal cancer",
author = "Lucia Leccisotti and Gambacorta, {Maria Antonietta} and {De Waure}, Chiara and Antonella Stefanelli and Brunella Barbaro and Vecchio, {Fabio Maria} and Claudio Coco and Roberto Persiani and Antonio Crucitti and Tortorelli, {Antonino Pio} and Alessandro Giordano and Vincenzo Valentini",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/s00259-014-2820-9",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "657--666",
journal = "European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging",
issn = "1619-7070",
publisher = "Springer Verlag Germany:Tiergartenstrasse 17, D 69121 Heidelberg Germany:011 49 6221 3450, EMAIL:
[email protected], INTERNET: http://www.springer.de, Fax: 011 49 6221 345229",
}