Preliminary results on the influence of chemoradiation on apparent diffusion coefficients of primary rectal carcinoma measured by magnetic resonance imaging

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 641-649

  Kremser, Christian ^b   Judmaier, Werner ^c   Hein, Patrick ^c   Griebel, Jürgen ^a   Lukas, Peter ^c   De Vries, Alexander ^c  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Chemoradiation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoplasms; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042324069     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-003-1045-9     Document Type: Article

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