One concern after rectal cancer surgery is the high local recurrence rate. Randomized trials
have shown that the best local control rate for rectal cancer patients as a group is achieved …

With the widespread introduction of preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer and the
development of transanal endoscopic microsurgery for selected early lesions, preoperative …

PURPOSE: To evaluate signal intensity and border characteristics of lymph nodes at high-
spatial-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in patients with rectal cancer and to …

Background The aim was to determine the accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of pathological prognostic factors that influence local …

The aim of the present study was to conduct a meta-analysis of English literature on the
accuracy of preoperative imaging in predicting the two most important risk factors for local …

PURPOSE: Preoperative combined chemoradiotherapy is currently the main neoadjuvant
therapy used to treat locally advanced middle and low rectal adenocarcinoma. A restaging …

MRI is increasingly advocated as an optimal method of staging rectal cancer. The technique
enables depiction of the relationship of tumour to the mesorectal fascia and may thus identify …

Background: The development of treatment modalities for rectal cancer, including local
excision, total mesorectal excision and preoperative radiotherapy, has increased the …

Background: Over the past two decades developments in imaging have changed the
assessment of patients with anorectal disease. Methods: The literature on imaging …

At present, several modalities exist for the preoperative staging of rectal lesions, including
computed tomography (CT), body coil or endorectal coil magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …