Comparison between CT volume measurement and histopathological assessment of response to neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3918-3924

  Pomerri, Fabio ^a,b   Pucciarelli, Salvatore ^b   Gennaro, Gisella ^a   Maretto, Isacco ^a   Nitti, Donato ^b   Muzzio, Pier Carlo ^a  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Observer performance; Rectal cancer; Response evaluation; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84869881903     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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