Rectal cancer is a common cancer and a major cause of mortality in Western countries.
Accurate staging is essential for determining the optimal treatment strategies and planning …

In patients with rectal cancer who have received concurrent chemotherapy and radiation
therapy (CCRT) before surgery, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has low accuracy in …

Rectal adenomas and cancers occur frequently. Small adenomas can be removed
colonoscopically, whereas larger polyps are removed via conventional transanal excision …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in
combination with T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) for the detection of rectal cancer as compared …

BACKGROUND: The prognosis of rectal cancer is directly related to the stage of the tumor at
diagnosis. Accurate preoperative staging is essential for selecting patients to receive optimal …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has established itself as the primary method for local
staging in patients with rectal cancer. This is due to several factors, most importantly …

(1) Background: The relatively poor expert restaging accuracy of MRI in rectal cancer after
neoadjuvant chemoradiation may be due to the difficulties in visual assessment of residual …

Uterine cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths among
women worldwide. Patients with cervical cancer are at a high risk of pelvic recurrence or …

Purpose To compare the local-regional staging accuracy of the conventional two-
dimensional (2D) T2-weighted imaging protocol and of the three-dimensional (3D) T2 …

Endorectal ultrasonography (ERUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allow exploring
the morphology of the rectum in detail. Use of such data, especially assessment of the rectal …