MRI after preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer; correlation with histopathology and the role of volumetry

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1566-1573

  Torkzad, Michael R ^a   Lindholm, Johan ^a   Martling, Anna ^a   Cedermark, Björn ^a,b   Glimelius, Bengt ^a   Blomqvist, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoadjuvant therapy; Neoplasm staging; Rectum; Tumor burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; TIME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34248679306     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0518-5     Document Type: Article

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