Accuracy of pelvic magnetic resonance imaging in local staging for rectal cancer: a single local health district, real world experience.
Zhen Hao AngMarie Shella De RoblesSharlyn KangRobert WinnPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2020)
Overall, this study provided valuable information about the clinical staging of patients with rectal cancer who are at an early stage within a large regional catchment area in Australia with pMRI. These results allow us to assess the accuracy of our local staging with ramifications to the clinical decisions being made in the context of the more recent trials which questioned the need for neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in all node positive patients.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- locally advanced
- lymph node
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- pet ct
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- health information
- public health
- newly diagnosed
- radiation therapy
- mental health
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- photodynamic therapy
- prognostic factors
- south africa
- cancer therapy
- risk assessment