Preoperative assessment of prognostic factors in rectal cancer using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Brown, Gina; G Radcliffe, A; G. Newcombe, Robert; S Dallimore, N; W. Bourne, Michael; T. Williams, Geraint

doi:10.1002/bjs.4034

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Preoperative assessment of prognostic factors in rectal cancer using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Published in British journal of surgery • Feb 19, 2003

Authors:

Gina Brown

A G Radcliffe

Robert G. Newcombe

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The aim was to determine the accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of pathological prognostic factors that influence local recurrence and survival in rectal cancer. METHODS: Ninety-eight patients undergoing total mesorectal excision for biopsy-proven...

Subject

Medicine

Magnetic resonance imaging

Rectum

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