Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 266-273 , July 2011

Role of carcinoembryonic antigen, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the evaluation of patients with suspected local recurrence of colorectal cancer

  • Federica Fiocchi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Integrato dei Servizi Diagnostici e per Immagine, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dipartimento Integrato dei Servizi Diagnostici e per Immagine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Via del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy. Tel.: +39 059 4224381; fax: +39 059 4224290.
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  • Valentina Iotti

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Integrato dei Servizi Diagnostici e per Immagine, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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  • Guido Ligabue

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Integrato dei Servizi Diagnostici e per Immagine, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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  • Norma Malavasi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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  • Gabriele Luppi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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  • Bruno Bagni

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Integrato dei Servizi Diagnostici e per Immagine, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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  • Pietro Torricelli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Integrato dei Servizi Diagnostici e per Immagine, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy

Received 1 May 2010 ,Accepted 15 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.010

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 266-273 , July 2011

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