MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) could screen for recurrence of rectal cancer
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
MRI could be used to screen patients at high risk of recurrent rectal cancer who would benefit from preoperative radiotherapy, according to a Dutch study. The findings, reported at the ECR meeting, are based on the ability of the technique to accurately predict the distance of a tumour from a region known as the circumferential resection margin. If a tumour invades this margin, patients are at risk of local cancer recurrence, said Dr Beets-Tan, study leader at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.