Pelvic CT in patients with esophageal cancer. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to determine whether pelvic CT scans reveal clinically relevant information that would change treatment in the initial or follow-up radiologic examination of patients with esophageal cancer. CONCLUSION: We observed that the addition of pelvic CT to 201 examinations of the chest and abdomen had a minimal effect on patient treatment. No pelvic examination changed the cancer stage, but three pelvic CT scans in three patients (3%) altered treatment.

publication date

  • February 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 15944374814

PubMed ID

  • 15671368

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 184

issue

  • 2