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A study using PET scans to see how well chemotherapy is working in people with cancer that has spread to the liver

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Breast cancer, Cancer spread to the liver, Pancreatic cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This study looked at whether PET scans could show how well chemotherapy had worked in people with breast cancer, bowel cancer or pancreatic cancer that had spread to the liver.

Recruitment start: 1 June 2008

Recruitment end: 19 August 2010

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor R. Coombes

Supported by

Imperial College School of Medicine

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Last reviewed: 23 November 2015

CRUK internal database number: 3130

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