Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging forre-staging rectal cancer after radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Gianni Mezzi,
Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono,
Sandro Carrara,
Francesco Perri,
Maria Chiara Petrone,
Francesco De Cobelli,
Simone Gusmini,
C. Staudacher,
Alessandro Del Maschio,
Pier Alberto Testoni
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.5563
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , colorectal cancer , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , neoadjuvant therapy , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , ultrasound , t stage , chemoradiotherapy , cancer , breast cancer , paleontology , biology
To compare the sensitivity and specificity of two imaging techniques, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients with rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy. And we compared EUS and MRI data with histological findings from surgical specimens.