Locally advanced rectal cancer: Diffusion-weighted MR tumour volumetry and the apparent diffusion coefficient for evaluating complete remission after preoperative chemoradiation therapy

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3345-3353

  Ha, Hong Il ^a,b   Kim, Ah Young ^a   Yu, Chang Sik ^a   Park, Seong Ho ^a   Ha, Hyun Kwon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complete remission; Diffusion; MRI; Rectal cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84890547137     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2936-5     Document Type: Article

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