PET Respiratory Gating to Detect Hepatic Metastasis in Patients With Colon Cancer

Southwestern Regional Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colon Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01401309

SRMC 10-07

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to examine if there is improved sensitivity in detecting hepatic lesions using respiratory gating and if there is an improvement in confidence defining lesions as benign or malignant.

Enrollment: 81 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with colon cancer
• 18 years or older
• Signed Informed Consent Form
• Blood Glucose of 200 or less prior to scan

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with known hepatic metastasis