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Assessing Therapy: Rectal Cancer
MRI provides objective response assessment &
judgement of whether R0 resection is viable
following pre-operative therapy
Selection of patients with imaging CR following
pre-operative therapy for ‘watch & wait’
Increasing importance of accurate MRI
assessment: Extraluminal/nodal disease
Habr-Gama et al. Semin Radiat Oncol 2011
Chawla S et al. Am J Clin Oncol 2014