Background The strategy of watch and wait (W&W) in patients with rectal cancer who
achieve a complete clinical response (cCR) after neoadjuvant therapy is new and offers an …

The current standard of care for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer includes
neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) followed by total mesorrectal excision (TME). The …

The development and implementation of newer treatment modalities have significantly
increased the complexity in the management of rectal cancer, 1 with surgical treatment …

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of baseline 18 F-FDG
PET/CT textural analysis in locally-advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Methods Eighty-six …

Over the past few decades, rectal cancer management has become increasingly
challenging for multiple reasons. Proper imaging using dedicated magnetic resonance …

Background The management of rectal cancer has evolved considerably over the last few
decades with increasing use of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). Complete clinical …

The administration of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by total mesorrectal
excision (TME) and selective use of adjuvant chemotherapy can still be considered the …

Abstract [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F] FDG) Positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) is commonly used for rectal cancer staging, but improved diagnostic …

The response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy is an important prognostic factor for
locally advanced rectal cancer. Although the majority of the patients after neoadjuvant …

We evaluated the predictive value of semiquantitative volumetric parameters derived from
sequential PET/CT and developed a nomogram to predict pathological complete response …