PET and CT Scans in Patients With Locally Advanced Primary Rectal Cancer That Can Be Removed During Surgery

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Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as PET and CT scans, may improve the ability to detect the extent of locally advanced primary rectal cancer and may also help to measure a patient's response to treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well PET and CT scans detect residual or metastatic disease in patients with locally advanced primary rectal cancer that can be removed during surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00004891

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

149

Starts

1999-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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