Accuracy of MR imaging in preoperative staging of rectal cancer

1 Department of Radiology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Pathology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3 Department of General Surgery, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Aim: In this study we aimed to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative rectal cancer staging in our center, using 1.0 Tesla Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with phased-array coils and determine if the results can be improved by adopting thin-section MRI techniques.