MRI is routinely used for rectal cancer staging to evaluate tumor extent and to inform
decision-making regarding surgical planning and the need for neoadjuvant and adjuvant …

In colon cancer, primary surgery followed by postoperative chemotherapy represents the
standard of care. In rectal cancer, the standard of care is preoperative radiotherapy or …

The management of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) suffered changes thanks to the
development of improved surgical procedures, radiation delivery, and chemotherapy …

Aims Perineural invasion (PNI) is a special type of metastasis of several cancers and has
been reported as being a factor for poor prognosis in colorectal carcinoma. However …

Purpose Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and perineural invasion (PNI) are independent
prognostic factors in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, we aimed to …

BACKGROUND Rectal cancer (RC) is one of the most common diagnosed cancers, and one
of the major causes of cancer-related death nowadays. Majority of the current guidelines rely …

Tumor budding is considered a sign of cancer cell activity and the first step of tumor
metastasis. This study aimed to establish an automatic diagnostic platform for rectal cancer …

Background For rectal cancer, it remains unclear how to incorporate tumor response to
neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) when deciding whether to give adjuvant …

The aim of this study is to compare the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) against computed tomography (CT) in various aspects of local staging in …

Background Tumor budding (TB) is a negative prognostic factor in colorectal cancer;
however, its prognostic impact following neoadjuvant therapy for patients with rectal cancer …