Erschienen in:
01.06.2009
Chest Computed Tomography Screening in Colorectal Cancer Patients
verfasst von:
Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre, Réal Lapointe, Louise Samson, Marie-Pierre Cordeau, Julie Prenovault
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 6/2009
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article “Clinical usefulness of chest radiography in detection of pulmonary metastases after curative resection for colorectal cancer” that was published in the July 2007 issue of
World Journal of Surgery [
1]. In a retrospective analysis of patients after curative resection for colorectal cancer, the authors showed that the sensitivity of abdominal computed tomography (CT) with lower thorax images was superior to chest radiography for lung metastasis detection. They concluded that elevating the upper level of the scan during abdominal CT or performing chest CT could result in higher detection of lung metastases. …