Assessment of response to chemoradiation therapy in rectal cancer using MR volumetry based on diffusion-weighted data sets: A preliminary report;La volumetria con risonanza magnetica pesata in diffusione nella valutazione della risposta alla chemio-radioterapia nel tumore del retto: studio preliminare

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1112-1124

  Carbone, S F ^a   Pirtoli, L ^a   Ricci, V ^a   Venezia, D ^a   Carfagno, T ^a   Lazzi, S ^a   Mourmouras, V ^a   Lorenzi, B ^a   Volterrani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Diffusionweighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rectal cancer; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; OXALIPLATIN; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867886963     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-012-0829-3     Document Type: Article

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