Abstract

VALUE OF MULTIDETECTOR CT SCAN IN EVALUATION OF COLORECTAL CANCER

*Dr. Hayder Dhajir Abbas Shubbar, Dr. Ali Jaafer Naji and Dr. Shaymaa Fadhil Obaid

ABSTRACT

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women. Conventional colonoscopy is currently considered the reference standard for the detection of colorectal neoplasia (Jemal et al., 2009). However, conventional colonoscopy has various limitations, firstly, it does not allow evaluation of the depth of mural invasion or organs outside the colon, secondly, it fails to show the entire colon in about 5% of patients, finally, it is invasive and uncomfortable (Narayanan et al., 2014).

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