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Metastatic liver cancer is a common clinical disease. As the liver has a dual blood supply with abundance of blood flow, thus it is one of the most common sites for metastases of malignant tumors. About one-third of metastases of malignant tumors involve the liver. The common primary tumors derive from the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, gallbladder, lung, nasopharynx, kidney, mammary gland, melanoma, etc. It was reported that 15–25 % of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer are accompanied by liver metastases and a further 25–50 % of patients show delayed liver metastases 3–5 years after the operation for primary cancer. Therefore, early diagnosis of metastatic liver cancer has great significance for deciding treatment scheme and improving patient’s survival time. At present, the imaging technique is the main noninvasive technology used in clinical diagnosis of metastatic liver cancer, including CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, PET/CT, ultrasound, etc., among which the ultrasound technology, which is characterized by accuracy, noninvasiveness, simplicity, cheap, and conducting of repeat examination, has became the most preferred method of examination in clinical diagnosis of liver diseases.
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Wang, W. (2017). Diagnostic Value of Ultrasound in Metastatic Liver Cancer. In: Qin, X., Xu, J., Zhong, Y. (eds) Multidisciplinary Management of Liver Metastases in Colorectal Cancer. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7755-1_7
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