Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal before and after chemoradiation: Can MRI predict for eventual clinical outcome?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 715-721

  Goh, Vicky ^a   Gollub, Frank K ^a   Liaw, Jonathan ^a   Wellsted, David ^b   Przybytniak, Izabela ^b   Padhani, Anwar R ^a   Glynne Jones, Rob ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Chemoradiation; Imaging; MRI; Prognostic features

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANCER; CHEMORADIATION; IMAGING; MRI; PROGNOSTIC FEATURES;

FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RESONANCE; TUMORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77954173230     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.055     Document Type: Article

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