title: Imaging strategies before beginning treatment of colorectal liver metastases.
abstract: The management of colorectal intrahepatic metastases before resection is multidisciplinary and radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists play a major role. In accordance with the French National Guide for appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, the approach should be multimodal: a chest-abdomen and pelvic (CAP) CT scan and hepatic MRI are mandatory while PET-CT provides important additional information, in particular on intra-abdominal extrahepatic metastases. This multimodal approach emphasizes the importance of early and appropriate use of imaging in these patients, as well as the central role of multidisciplinary meetings in oncology.
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France; Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Legou
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France; Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiaradia
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France; Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, médecine nucléaire, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baranes
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pigneur
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zegai
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djabbari
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France; Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, anatomopathologie, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calderaro
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France; Inserm U955, équipe 18, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France; Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobeiter
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France; Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmouni
authors.affiliation: Groupe Henri-Mondor-Albert-Chenevier, imagerie médicale, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France; Faculté de médecine, université Paris-Est-Créteil, 94010 Créteil, France; Inserm U955, équipe 18, 94010 Créteil, France. Electronic address: alain.luciani@hmn.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luciani
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: CT scan; Colorectal cancer; MRI; Metastatic lesions; PET-CT