Response assessment of locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: is Apparent Diffusion Coefficient useful on 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging?

Piero BoraschiRosa CervelliFrancescamaria DonatiElena LandiAndrea Cacciato-InsillaDaniela CampaniDavide Caramella

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)

3T DW-MRI using ADC value can be useful to assess the efficacy of nCRT in LARC; in fact, post-ADC and ΔADC values improve MR capability to evaluate tumour response.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
rectal cancer
locally advanced
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
phase ii study
squamous cell carcinoma
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
radiation therapy
clinical trial
open label