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Conventional radiological strategy of common gastrointestinal neoplasms
Yi-Zhuo Li, Pei-Hong Wu, Imaging Diagnosis and Interventional Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Li YZ and Wu PH both contributed to this paper.
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Correspondence to: Pei-Hong Wu, MD, Imaging Diagnosis and Interventional Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China. wupeihong56@126.com
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Received: May 18, 2014
Peer-review started: May 19, 2014
First decision: June 27, 2014
Revised: November 21, 2014
Accepted: December 3, 2014
Article in press: December 10, 2014
Published online: January 28, 2015
Processing time: 239 Days and 23.1 Hours
Peer-review started: May 19, 2014
First decision: June 27, 2014
Revised: November 21, 2014
Accepted: December 3, 2014
Article in press: December 10, 2014
Published online: January 28, 2015
Processing time: 239 Days and 23.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Gastrointestinal neoplasms are very common diseases. A neoplasm may be manifested as a wide spectrum of imaging findings. Barium studies are readily available for displaying primary malignancies in a short time and at low cost. Malignant neoplasms most often appear as irregular infiltrative lesions on barium examination. Cross-sectional imaging such as computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging may provide more accurate details of the adjacent organ invasion, omental or peritoneal spread.