Multimodal treatment strategies for patients with rectal cancer are increasingly including the
possibility of organ preservation, through nonoperative management or local excision …

Rectal cancer is prone to local recurrence and systemic metastasis. However, owing to
improvements in TNM staging and treatment, including a more widespread use of rectal MRI …

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) is dedicated to ensuring high-
quality patient care by advancing the science, prevention, and management of disorders …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained increasing importance in the management of
rectal cancer over the last two decades. The role of MRI in patients with rectal cancer has …

Background Care for patients with colon and rectal cancer has improved in the last 20 years;
however considerable variation still exists in cancer management and outcome between …

Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used for rectal cancer
staging. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of phased array MRI for T …

Rectal cancer is a common and serious disease in the Western hemisphere. Optimal
treatment of rectal cancer involves a multidisciplinary approach, with collaboration required …

Abstract “Node-RADS” addresses the lack of consensus in the radiologic assessment of
lymph node involvement by cancer and meets the increasing demand for structured …

This review summarizes current applications and clinical utility of diffusion-weighted imaging
(DWI) for rectal cancer and in addition provides a brief overview of more recent …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to provide an aid to the systematic evaluation of
MRI in staging rectal cancer. CONCLUSION. MRI has been shown to be an effective tool for …