Value of multiple models of diffusion-weighted imaging to predict hepatic lymph node metastases in colorectal liver metastases patients
Hai-Bin Zhu,
Bo Zhao,
Xiao-Ting Li
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND
About 10%-31% of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) patients would concomitantly show hepatic lymph node metastases (LNM), which was considered as sign of poor biological behavior and a relative contraindication for liver resection. Up to now, there’s still lack of reliable preoperative methods to assess the status of hepatic lymph nodes in patients with CRLM, except for pathology examination of lymph node after resection.
AIM
To compare the ability of mono-exponential,… Show more
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