Interobserver reproducibility of diffusion-weighted MRI in monitoring tumor response to neoadjuvant therapy in esophageal cancer.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the reproducibility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) in assessing tumor response early in the course of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with operable esophageal cancer. METHODS: Eleven male patients (mean age 54.8 years) with newly diagnos...

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Main Authors: Robert M Kwee, Alexander K Dik, Meindert N Sosef, Ralph C M Berendsen, Sander Sassen, Guido Lammering, Ruud Clarijs, Liekele E Oostenbrug, Rachel L G M Blom, Roy F A Vliegen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3976260?pdf=render