Arterial Mucosal Linear Enhancement at Contrast-enhanced MRI to Exclude Residual Tumor after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer
Gengyun Miao, Liheng Liu, Jingjing Liu, Mengsu Zeng
Abstract
Mucosal linear enhancement at arterial-phase contrast-enhanced MRI combined with negative lymph node metastasis status after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy for rectal cancer showed good performance in identifying pathologic complete response.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineColorectal cancerMagnetic resonance imagingTotal mesorectal excisionConcordanceNeoadjuvant therapyRadiation therapyRadiologyCancerBreast cancerNuclear medicineInternal medicineColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMRI in cancer diagnosisRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging