A prospective study of current diagnostic procedures for assessment of hepatic metastases in colorectal cancers.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-1987
Abstract
In a prospective study of 305 patients with colorectal cancers, we assessed the diagnostic value of ultrasonography and laboratory tests. In each case laparotomy was carried out and the presence of liver metastases was established in 47 patients. The results show that the laboratory tests alone are not sufficiently accurate to detect liver metastases. Additional accuracy can be obtained by the combined use of a single liver imaging test (echography) and selected laboratory tests (C.E.A., gamma GT, Alkaline Phosphatase).
Volume
13
Issue
4
First Page
355
Last Page
358
ISSN
0748-7983
Published In/Presented At
Arnaud, J. P., Thibaud, D., Leguillou, A., Bergamaschi, R., & Adloff, M. (1987). A prospective study of current diagnostic procedures for assessment of hepatic metastases in colorectal cancers. European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, 13(4), 355–358.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2887457
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article