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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Coloproctology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632011000400004 |