ReviewInsights into imaging2020
MRI of rectal cancer-relevant anatomy and staging key points.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- MRI assessment of extramural venous invasion in rectal cancer: a practical pictorial review.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- MESORECT : Influence of bladder depletion on mesorectal movements during radiation therapy of locally advanced rectal cancers:Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2026Article
- A pre-trained foundation model framework for multiplanar MRI classification of extramural vascular invasion and mesorectal fascia invasion in rectal cancer.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Deep Learning-Based Prediction System for Surgical Difficulty in Rectal Cancer Patients Using MRI Pelvimetry.Yonsei medical journal · 2026Article
- MRI for prognosis prediction of T3-stage rectal cancer based on "DISTANCE" structural report.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Suspected anal malignancy turned out to be sarcoidosis; a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Towards destigmatization of mucin in the era of TNT for locally advanced rectal cancer.European radiology · 2026Article
- Delayed anastomotic leakage after short-course radiotherapy in a 91-year-old patient with rectal cancer.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2026Article
- AI-ready rectal cancer MR imaging: a workflow for tumor detection and segmentation.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Anal and Perianal Masses: The Common, the Uncommon, and the Rare.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2024Review
- Deep learning-based multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) nomogram for predicting Ki-67 expression in rectal cancer.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- Recent Insights into Nanotechnology in Colorectal Cancer.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Outcomes and potential impact of a virtual hands-on training program on MRI staging confidence and performance in rectal cancer.European radiology · 2024Article
- Pathologic Outcomes and Survival in Patients with Rectal Cancer and Increased Body Mass Index.Digestive surgery · 2024Article
- Bowel wall thickness measured by MRI is useful for early diagnosis of bowel endometriosis.European radiology · 2023Article
- Preoperative MRI accuracy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2023Article
- Role of Machine Learning in Precision Oncology: Applications in Gastrointestinal Cancers.Cancers · 2022Review
- How We Treat Localized Rectal Cancer-An Institutional Paradigm for Total Neoadjuvant Therapy.Cancers · 2022Review
- The importance of MRI for rectal cancer evaluation.Surgical oncology · 2022Review
- MRI-detected extramural venous invasion of rectal cancer: Multimodality performance and implications at baseline imaging and after neoadjuvant therapy.Insights into imaging · 2021Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Rectal cancer has the eighth highest cancer incidence worldwide, and it is increasing in young individuals. However, in countries with a high human development index, mortality is decreasing, which may reflect better patient management, imaging being key. We rely on imaging to establish the great majority of clinical tumour features for therapeutic decision-making, namely tumour location, depth of invasion, lymph node involvement, circumferential resection margin status and extramural venous invasion. Despite major improvements in technique resulting in better image quality, and notwithstanding the dissemination of guidelines and examples of standardised reports, rectal cancer staging is still challenging on the day-to-day practice, and we believe there are three reasons. First, the normal posterior pelvic compartment anatomy and variants are not common knowledge to radiologists; second, not all rectal cancers fit in review paper models, namely the very early, the very low and the mucinous; and third, the key clinical tumour features may be tricky to analyse. In this review, we discuss the normal anatomy of the rectum and posterior compartment of the pelvis, systematise all rectal cancer staging key points and elaborate on the particularities of early, low and mucinous tumours. We also include our suggested reporting templates and a discussion of its comparison to the reporting templates provided by ESGAR and SAR.
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