Combination of extramural venous invasion and lateral lymph node size detected with magnetic resonance imaging is a reliable biomarker for lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with rectal cancer.
Tomoki AbeMasayoshi YasuiHiroki ImamuraChu MatsudaJunichi NishimuraNaotsugu HaraguchiNozomu NakaiHiroshi WadaHidenori TakahashiTakeshi OmoriHiroshi MiyataMasayuki OhuePublished in: World journal of surgical oncology (2022)
MRI-EMVI was a useful imaging biomarker for identifying LLN metastasis in patients with rectal cancer. The combination of MRI-EMVI and LLN size can improve diagnostic accuracy.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- magnetic resonance imaging
- lymph node metastasis
- contrast enhanced
- lymph node
- locally advanced
- squamous cell carcinoma
- diffusion weighted imaging
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- minimally invasive
- computed tomography
- papillary thyroid
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance
- cell migration
- sentinel lymph node
- fluorescence imaging
- photodynamic therapy