Can diffusion-weighted MRI determine complete responders after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer?

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 574-581

  Engin, Gülgün ^a   Sharifov, Rasul ^b   Güral, Zeynep ^b   Saǧlam, Esra Kaytan ^b   Saǧlam, Sezer ^a   Balik, Emre ^b   Asoǧlu, Oktar ^b   Yamaner, Sümer ^b   Güllüoǧlu, Mine ^b   Kapran, Yersu ^b   Özel, Sevda ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Diagnostic imaging; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Neoadjuvant therapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869231718     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.dir.5755-12.1     Document Type: Article

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