Pathological correlation with diffusion restriction on diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: Preliminary results

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Jang, K M ^a   Kim, S H ^a   Choi, D ^a   Lee, J ^a   Park, M J ^a   Min, K ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Anyang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MUCIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PROCTITIS; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866110762     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/24557556     Document Type: Article

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