Locally advanced rectal cancer: Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the response assessment after neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy

Locally advanced rectal cancer: Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the response assessment after neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy

Purpose: to investigate the added value of qualitative and quantitative evaluation of diffusion weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in response assessment after neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Methods: 31 patients with LARC (stag...

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Main Authors: Pietro Valerio Foti, Giuseppe Privitera, Sebastiano Piana, Stefano Palmucci, Corrado Spatola, Roberta Bevilacqua, Luigi Raffaele, Vincenzo Salamone, Rosario Caltabiano, Gaetano Magro, Giovanni Li Destri, Pietro Milone, Giovanni Carlo Ettorre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:European Journal of Radiology Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352047716300211

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