Preoperative staging of rectal cancer with MRI: correlation with pathologic staging

Introduction: An accurate preoperative rectal cancer staging is crucial to the correct management of the disease. Despite great controversy around this issue, pelvic magnetic resonance (RM) is said to be the imagiologic standard modality. This work aimed to evaluate magnetic resonance accuracy in pr...

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Main Authors: Soraia Filipa Macado Abreu, Sandra Fátima Fernandes Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936315000313