Application Value of Shear Wave Elastography in the Evaluation of Tumor Downstaging for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy.

Yue Cong Zhi-Hui FanYing DaiZhongyi ZhangKun Yan

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)

Shear wave elastography is an effective ultrasound elastographic technique to assist ERUS in evaluating lesions after chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer. It can improve the diagnostic efficacy of tumor downstaging and provide effective imaging conclusions for clinical decision making.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
decision making
high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
radiation therapy
mass spectrometry
computed tomography
fluorescence imaging