MRI T2-weighted sequences-based texture analysis (TA) as a predictor of response to neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (nCRT) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC).
Filippo CrimìGiulia CapelliSalvatore PucciarelliQuoc Riccardo BaoAnna FlorioSebastiano Milite RossiDiego CecchinLaura AlbertoniCristina CampiSalvatore PucciarelliRoberto StramarePublished in: La Radiologia medica (2020)
MRI T2-weighted sequences-based TA was not effective in predicting pathological complete response to nCRT in patients with LARC. Further studies are needed to thoroughly investigate the potential of MRI TA in this setting.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- contrast enhanced
- rectal cancer
- magnetic resonance imaging
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- magnetic resonance
- phase ii study
- radiation therapy
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- network analysis
- photodynamic therapy
- risk assessment
- lymph node
- human health
- study protocol