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Added value of MRI to endoscopic and endosonographic response assessment after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in oesophageal cancer.

Sophie E VollenbrockJolanda M van DierenFrancine E M VonckenSietze T van TurenhoutLiudmila L KodachKoen J HarteminkJohanna W van SandickBerthe M P AlemanRegina G H Beets-TanAnnemarieke Bartels-Rutten
Published in: European radiology (2020)
• In this small study, the detection of residual tumour after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in oesophageal cancer patients was improved by adding MRI including diffusion-weighted images to gastroscopy and endosonographic ultrasound. • With the addition of MRI assessment to gastroscopy and endosonographic ultrasound, the considerable risk of missing residual tumours decreased from 53 to 11%, while the pitfall was overstaging in one out of three complete responders.
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