OBJECTIVE. MRI is the modality of choice for rectal cancer staging. The high soft-tissue
contrast of MRI accurately assesses the extramural tumor spread and relation to mesorectal …

BACKGROUND: Initial management of diverticulitis with abscess formation has progressed
from a surgical emergency to nonoperative management with antibiotics and percutaneous …

Purpose: To determine whether the tumor immune infiltrate, as recently evaluated with the
Immunoscore methodology, could be a useful prognostic marker in patients with rectal …

Purpose To determine the diagnostic performance of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)
parameters and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) to assess response to combined …

The widespread use of neoadjuvant therapies has introduced a new variable, tumor
response, which may dramatically change the ultimate surgical decision from radical surgery …

Aim Adenocarcinoma of the lower rectum is clinically challenging because of the need to
choose between a wide excision to achieve oncological clearance, on the one hand, and …

Introduction: With the advent of multidisciplinary and multimodality approaches to the
management of colorectal cancer patients, there is an increasing need to define how we …

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 role of hybrid imaging using 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron-emission
tomography (FDG-PET), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging …

Background/Aims: SNHG6 (Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 6) is a novel non-coding RNA
(ncRNA) and its cellular function is largely unknown. Methods: Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) …