Journal article
Can CT Replace MRI in Preoperative Assessment of the Circumferential Resection Margin in Rectal Cancer?
Abstract
The surgical circumferential resection margin in total mesorectal excision surgery is defined by the relationship of the tumor to the mesorectal fascia. Patients with anticipated tumor invasion of the mesorectal fascia receive neoadjuvant therapy to downstage/downsize the tumor and to obtain tumor-free resection margins.Tumor relationship to the mesorectal fascia is accurately determined by MRI. Compared with MRI, multidetector-row computed …
Authors
Maizlin ZV; Brown JA; So G; Brown C; Phang TP; Walker ML; Kirby JM; Vora P; Tiwari P
Journal
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 308–314
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181c5321e
ISSN
0012-3706