370 / 1068
The Royal Marsden
Mucinous carcinoma
Poor prognosis
MRI more likely to diagnose
mucinous subtype
• diagnostic odds ratio MRI vs
biopsy = 4.67, p < 0.05.
• All 60 (100%) patients
undergoing surgery for
mrMucinous tumours were
confirmed as such on final
histopathology.
Yu SKT, Tait DM, Chand M, Brown G
.
Magnetic resonance imaging
defined mucinous rectal carcinoma is an independent imaging
biomarker for poor prognosis and poor response to preoperative
chemoradiotherapy. European Journal of Cancer 2014