PET scans lead to treatment changes in majority of colorectal cancer patients
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 11:07
in Health & Medicine
In the largest multi-institutional study to date examining the impact of positron emission tomography (PET) in changing disease management of individuals with suspected recurrent colorectal cancer, researchers found that treatment plans were changed for more than half of patients, according to an article in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.