The role of MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging in restaging rectal cancers after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Bayram, Irem; Bakir, Baris; Kartal, Mesut; Kunduz, ENVER; Bayram, Onur; Turkay, Rustu; Asoglu, Oktar; Kapran, Yersu

doi:10.4102/sajr.v20i1.967

The role of MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging in restaging rectal cancers after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Bayram I., Bakir B., Kartal M., Kunduz E. , Bayram O., Turkay R., ...More

SA JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, vol.20, no.1, 2016 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 20 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.4102/sajr.v20i1.967
Title of Journal : SA JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Abstract

Background: It is challenging to restage rectal cancer at MRI, in patients who have had neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Objective: To investigate the accuracy of MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the restaging of rectal cancer.