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MRI and CT differ in their detection of liver cancer

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Most patients who have primary liver cancer or liver metastases from colorectal cancer have poor survival rates because the cancer cannot be removed surgically. Conformal radiotherapy -- delineating the tumor with 3-D imaging and delivering a high dose of radiation to it while delivering less to surrounding normal tissue -- has been shown to improve local control of inoperable primary and metastatic liver cancers. MRI is reported to image liver cancers better than CT, but the difference in detecting tumor size has not been addressed. Knowing the spatial extent of the tumor is important for...Read full article

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    Published: January 2007
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