MRI After Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: How to Report Tumor Response—The MERCURY Experience

Patel, Uday; K. Blomqvist, Lennart; Taylor, Fiona; George, Christopher; Guthrie, Ashley; Bees, Nicola; Brown, Gina

doi:10.2214/ajr.11.8210

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MRI After Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: How to Report Tumor Response—The MERCURY Experience

Published in American Journal of Roentgenology • Sep 20, 2012

Authors:

Uday Patel

Lennart K. Blomqvist

Fiona Taylor

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Rectal Cancer European Equivalence (MERCURY) Study validated the use of MRI for posttreatment staging and its correlation with survival outcomes. As a consequence, reassessment of MRI scans after preoperative therapy has implications for surgical plannin...

Subject

Medicine

Colorectal cancer

Magnetic resonance imaging

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