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Colorectal carcinoma is the third most common noncutaneous malignancy in the United States, representing 13% of all malignancies. There are over 133,000 new cases detected annually with almost 55,000 annual deaths.

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Delbeke, D., Komori, T., Martin, W.H. (2002). Colorectal Carcinoma. In: Delbeke, D., Martin, W.H., Patton, J.A., Sandler, M.P. (eds) Practical FDG Imaging: A Teaching File. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22453-4_10

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