Locally advanced rectal cancer: Post-chemoradiotherapy ADC histogram analysis for predicting a complete response

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1042-1050

  Cho, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Gab Chul ^a   Jang, Yun Jin ^b   Ryeom, Hunkyu ^b   Kim, Hye Jung ^a   Shin, Kyung Min ^a   Park, Jun Seok ^a   Choi, Gyu Seog ^a   Kim, See Hyung ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Chemoradiation; Histogram; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; FORECASTING; GRAPHIC METHODS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TUMORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CHEMO RADIATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOGRAM; LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCERS; PATHOLOGIC COMPLETE RESPONSE (PCR); RECTAL CANCER;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944888643     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114550193     Document Type: Article

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