Pre-operative isotope liver scanning in clinicopathological staging of patients with large bowel cancer.
Isotope liver scanning is an accurate technique for detecting liver metastases from large bowel cancer. In this retrospective study of patients who had a resection for bowel cancer, the accuracy of liver scanning was 95%. However, the scan accuracy as defined by median survival time was insufficient to detect liver metastases missed by the surgeon at operation and did not alter the clinicopathological stage of the patient's disease.
D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid