ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2011
Current trends in staging rectal cancer.
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- Predictors of treatment refusal in patients with colorectal cancer: A systematic review.Seminars in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- The value of four imaging modalities in diagnosing lymph node involvement in rectal cancer: an overview and adjusted indirect comparison.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- Stage and size using magnetic resonance imaging and endosonography in neoadjuvantly-treated rectal cancer.World journal of gastroenterology · 2013Trial
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- The Application of Combined PET/MRI in Staging and Response Assessment of Rectal Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- "Impact of regional data reporting and feedback on rectal cancer surgery quality metrics in the Surgical Care Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP)".Surgery open science · 2025Article
- A management of patients achieving clinical complete response after neoadjuvant therapy and perspectives: on locally advanced rectal cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Can multidetector CT replace MRI for evaluating mesorectal fascia in rectal cancer?BioMedicine · 2023Article
- Advances in Imaging of Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Cancer in the Gastrointestinal Tract.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- General insight into cancer: An overview of colorectal cancer (Review).Molecular and clinical oncology · 2021Review
- Radiological staging of rectal cancer in a resource limited setting.BMC research notes · 2020Article
- Rectal Endoscopic Ultrasound in Clinical Practice.Current gastroenterology reports · 2019Review
- The value of diffusion kurtosis imaging in assessing mismatch repair gene expression of rectal carcinoma: Preliminary findings.PloS one · 2019Article
- Does Extended PET Acquisition in PET/MRI Rectal Cancer Staging Improve Results?AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2018Article
- Incidence and Predictive Model for Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis in Lower Rectal Cancer.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2018Article
- Endoscopic ultrasound in oncology: An update of clinical applications in the gastrointestinal tract.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2017Review
- Rectal cancer staging: Multidetector-row computed tomography diagnostic accuracy in assessment of mesorectal fascia invasion.World journal of gastroenterology · 2016Article
- Rectal Tumour Staging with Endorectal Ultrasound: Is There Any Difference between Western and Eastern European Countries?Gastroenterology research and practice · 2016Article
- Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in the loco-regional staging of patients with rectal cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2015Review
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Abstract
Management of rectal cancer has evolved over the years. In this condition preoperative investigations assist in deciding the optimal treatment. The relation of the tumor edge to the circumferential margin (CRM) is an important factor in deciding the need for neoadjuvant treatment and determines the prognosis. Those with threatened or involved margins are offered long course chemoradiation to enable R₀ surgical resection. Endoanal ultrasound (EUS) is useful for tumor (T) staging; hence EUS is a useful imaging modality for early rectal cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for assessing the mesorectum and the mesorectal fascia which has useful prognostic significance and for early identification of local recurrence. Computerized tomography (CT) of the chest, abdomen and pelvis is used to rule out distant metastasis. Identification of the malignant nodes using EUS, CT and MRI is based on the size, morphology and internal characteristics but has drawbacks. Most of the common imaging techniques are suboptimal for imaging following chemoradiation as they struggle to differentiate fibrotic changes and tumor. In this situation, EUS and MRI may provide complementary information to decide further treatment. Functional imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) is useful, particularly PET/CT fusion scans to identify areas of the functionally hot spots. In the current state, imaging has enabled the multidisciplinary team of surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and pathologists to decide on the patient centered management of rectal cancer. In future, functional imaging may play an active role in identifying patients with lymph node metastasis and those with residual and recurrent disease following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
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