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Ultraschall Med 2008; 29: 276-277
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027878
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The Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients with GIST Metastases that are Negative in CT and PET

Über den Wert der kontrastverstärkten Sonografie bei CT und PET negativen GIST-MetastasenC. Dietrich, E. Hartung, A. Ignee
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received: 30.3.2008

accepted: 19.8.2008

Publication Date:
28 January 2009 (online)

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Introduction

In daily practice contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has proven to be helpful for ultrasound-guided biopsy and as a predictor of tumor response to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib (Lassau N et al. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors treated with Imatinib: monitoring response with contrast-enhanced sonography. AJR 2006; 187: 1267 – 1273) but guidelines have not introduced ultrasound techniques that are equally useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

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