Prediction of a positive circumferential resection margin at surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus.
William R C KnightC YipW WulaningsihA JacquesN GriffinJ ZylstraMieke Van HemelrijckN MaiseyA GayaC R BakerM KellyJ A GossageJ LagergrenD LandauV GohA R Daviesnull nullS NganA QureshiH DeereM GreenF ChangU MahadevaB Gill-BarmanS GeorgeJ DunnS ZekiJ MeenanO HynesG ThamC IezziPublished in: BJS open (2019)
The presence of advanced cT status, poor tumour differentiation, and CT-assessed lack of response to chemotherapy, higher tumour volume and local invasion can be used to identify patients at risk of a positive CRM following neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- image quality
- squamous cell carcinoma
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- sentinel lymph node
- contrast enhanced
- radiation therapy
- lymph node
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cell migration
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome