Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in men and the second most
common in women worldwide. 1 It is also the second leading cause of cancer death. 2 In …

Cancer is a major public health problem in the United States and many other parts of the
world. A total of 1,660,290 new cancer cases and 580,350 deaths from cancer are projected …

Rectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies, with an incidence of 40 in 100,000.
1 Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide in both …

The prognosis of rectal cancer is strongly related to several factors that include the depth of
tumor invasion into and beyond the bowel wall, 1 the number of lymph nodes involved with …

There is a need for accurate clinical staging of rectal cancer to optimize individualized
treatment. Although the incidence of rectal cancer is decreasing in the United States …

It is estimated that 40,290 new cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed in the United States
in 2012. 1 After lung cancer, colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer …

Rectal cancer is prone to local recurrence and systemic metastasis. However, owing to
improvements in TNM staging and treatment, including a more widespread use of rectal MRI …

Rectal cancer is a relatively common malignancy in the United States. Magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) of rectal cancer has evolved tremendously in recent years, and has become a …

Purpose This study was done to determine the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging in patients with rectal carcinoma by comparing post-chemoradiation MR …

Rectal cancer is a common and serious disease in the Western hemisphere. Optimal
treatment of rectal cancer involves a multidisciplinary approach, with collaboration required …