Evaluation of response to neoadjuvant treatment, by nuclear magnetic resonance, as a predictor of oncologic results and survival of patients with rectal cancer

INTRODUCTION: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation promotes tumor size reduction and staging before the surgery, reducing the risk of involving the circumferential resection margin and local recurrence. For patients who have been submitted to the neoadjuvant therapy, the usefulness of a second nuclear magneti...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Soares Napoleão do Rêgo, Fábio Lopes de Queiroz, Breno Xaia Martins da Costa, Fernanda Elias Ferreira Rabelo, Paulo Cesar de Carvalho Lamounier, Luciana Costa Silva, Valdivino Alves Filho, Maria Zuleime Carmona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632011000400004