Risk factor analysis for inaccurate pre-operative MRI staging in rectal cancer

Abstract Background Various tumor characteristics might lead to inaccurate local MRI-defined stage of rectal cancer and the purpose of this study was to explore the clinicopathological factors that impact on the precision pre-treatment MRI-defined stage of rectal cancer. Methods A retrospectively an...

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Main Authors: Zerong Cai, Xiaoyu Xie, Yufeng Chen, Zexian Chen, Wuteng Cao, Khamis Salem Saeed Saad, Yifeng Zou, Ping Lan, Xiaojian Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-06761-0