Improving staging of rectal cancer in the pelvis: the role of PET/MRI.
Onofrio Antonio CatalanoSusanna I LeeChiara ParenteChristy CauleyFelipe S FurtadoRobin StriarAndrea SoricelliMarco SalvatoreYan LiLale UmutluLina Garcia CañamaqueDavid GrosharUmar MahmoodLawrence S BlaszkowskyDavid P RyanJeffrey W ClarkJennifer WoTheodore S HongHiroko KunitakeLiliana BordeianouDavid BergerRocco RicciardiBruce RosenPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2020)
PET/MR provides a more precise assessment of the local extent of rectal cancers in evaluating cancer length, N status, and external sphincter involvement. PET/MR offers the opportunity to improve clinical decision-making, especially when evaluating low rectal tumors with possible external sphincter involvement.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- pet ct
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- positron emission tomography
- decision making
- locally advanced
- pet imaging
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- urinary incontinence
- lymph node
- squamous cell
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- diffusion weighted imaging
- young adults
- lymph node metastasis