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 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.4102/sajr.v20i1.967
  • Journal Name: SA JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus

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.