ReviewSurgical oncology2022
The importance of MRI for rectal cancer evaluation.
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO): Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer, 2024 update.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025Guideline
- The predicting value of post neoadjuvant treatment magnetic resonance imaging: a meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Dual-Layer Spectral CT for Locoregional Assessment of Rectal Cancer: A Comparison with MRI in a Pilot Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of qualitative Diffusion weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient (DWI/ADC) on target volume delineation in cervical cancer: a feasibility study.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Radiomic prediction of early progression at 2 years post-treatment in patients with resectable rectal cancer based on rectal tumor and mesentery characteristics: a two-center study.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
- Application of transrectal three-dimensional ultrasound for sub-staging of locally advanced rectal cancer at stage T3.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- ASO Practice Guidelines Series: Resectable Colorectal Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Review
- Deep learning-based simulated contrast-enhanced MRI for rectal cancer evaluation: a multicenter study.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Value of the DeepSeek-R1 large language model in extracting structured data from magnetic resonance imaging reports of rectal cancer and assisting in tumor staging.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- A head-to-head comparison of MRI and CT using Node-RADS for rectal cancer lymph nodes: Observer agreement and diagnostic performance.European journal of radiology open · 2026Article
- MRI-Based Radiomics to Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Discrepancies between clinical and radiological assessment of complete remission of rectal cancer after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Risk factors for distant recurrence in patients with rectal cancer supporting selection for total neoadjuvant therapy.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Article
- Stricturing Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract-Current Clinical Practice.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Review
- MRI's evolving role in rectal cancer in the era of personalized medicine.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- MRI-based habitat, intra-, and peritumoral machine learning model for perineural invasion prediction in rectal cancer.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence classification of rectal neoplasia by endoscopic fluorescence perfusion analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- HERV6196 as an enhancer with oncogenic potential in rectal cancer.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
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- Research Progress of MRI-based Radiomics in Rectal CancerCurrent medical imaging · 2026Review
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Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained increasing importance in the management of rectal cancer over the last two decades. The role of MRI in patients with rectal cancer has expanded beyond the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) system in both staging and restaging scenarios and has contributed to identifying "high" and "low" risk features that can be used to tailor and personalize patient treatment; for instance, selecting the patients for neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCRT) before the total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery based on risk of recurrence. Among those features, the status of the circumferential resection margin (CRM), extramural vascular invasion (EMVI), and tumor deposits (TD) have stood out. Moreover, MRI also has played a role in surgical planning, especially when the tumor is located in the low rectum, when the relationship between tumor and the anal canal is important to choose the best surgical approach, and in cases of locally advanced or recurrent tumors invading adjacent pelvic organs that may require more complex surgeries such as pelvic exenteration. As approaches using organ preservation emerge, including transanal local excision and "watch-and-wait", MRI may help in the patient selection for those treatments, follow up, and detection of tumor regrowth. Additionally, potential MRI-based prognostic and predictive biomarkers, such as quantitative and semi-quantitative metrics derived from functional sequences like diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE), and radiomics, are under investigation. This review provides an overview of the current role of MRI in rectal cancer in staging and restaging and highlights the main areas under investigation and future perspectives.
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