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PET/CT should be 'first-step' test for patients with Crohn's disease

ng up metabolic signals of body cells and tissues and CT offering a detailed map of internal anatomy.

"Our results must be confirmed by other investigators on a larger scale," said Hustinx, indicating that his team is currently conducting a study evaluating the capacity of PET/CT to assess early on the response of the disease to "biological treatments." Treatment has been significantly improved over the past few years with the development of biological treatments, which have shown potential for obtaining mucosal healing in Crohn's disease, noted Hustinx. "This mucosal healing has been associated with higher sustained quality of life, lower rate of hospitalization and lower need for surgery. A sustained clinical remissionand a control of intestinal lesionhas become the target of new treatment strategies," he said.


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