Table 3 Imaging for DLM
From: Imaging in disappearing colorectal liver metastases and their accuracy: a systematic review
Ref. | Pre-chemotherapy staging (%) | Post-chemotherapy/preoperative staging (%) | IOUS |
|---|---|---|---|
Elias et al. [14] | CE-CT (100) and MRI (100) | CE-CT (100) and MRI (100) | Yes |
Benoist et al. [13] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) | Yes |
Elias et al. [15] | CE-CT (100) and MRI (100) | CE-CT (100) and MRI (100) | Yes |
Auer et al. [16] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) | Yes |
Tanaka et al. [17] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT and PET-CT (since 2002) | Yes |
Goèré et al. [18] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) | Yes |
van Vledder et al. [19] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (87) or CE-MRI (13) | Yes |
Ferrero et al. [20] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT and/or EOB-MRI | CE |
Park et al. [21] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) and EOB-MRI (100) | Yes |
Kim et al. [22] | EOB-MRI (100) | EOB-MRI (100) | n.s. |
Arita et al. [23] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) and EOB-MRI (100) | IOUS and CE-IOUS |
Owen et al. [24] | CE-CT (n.s.) or MRI (n.s.) | EOB-MRI (100) | Not universally performed |
Tani et al. [9] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) and EOB-MRI (100) | CE |
Sturesson et al. [25] | CE-CT (100) and additional EOB-MRI (62) | CE-CT (48), EOB-MRI (21), CE-CT and EOB-MRI (31) | IOUS and CE-IOUS |
Oba et al. [8] | CE-CT (100) | CE-CT (100) and EOB-MRI (100) | CE |