Prospective Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Tumor Regression Grade With Pathologic Outcomes in Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Adenocarcinoma.
William A HallJiahe LiY Nancy YouMarc J GollubJoseph R GrajoMark RosenGreg dePriscoGreg YothersJennifer A DorthOsama E RahmaMarcia M RussellHoward M GrossSamuel A JacobsBryan A FallerSagila GeorgeTareq Al BaghdadiMichael G HaddockRichard ValicentiTheodore S HongThomas J GeorgePublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023)
MRI alone is a poor tool to distinguish pCR in rectal adenocarcinoma undergoing TNT. However, the MR-TRG score presents a now validated method, correlated with pathologic NAR, which can objectively measure regression magnitude during TNT.