title: Staging of colorectal cancer.
abstract: CT, MR, and TRUS play complementary roles in staging CRC. Further improvements in these techniques will improve the accuracy of preoperative staging and thereby help optimize patient treatment and outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, IL 60201, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yaghmai
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Newmark
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016719:Radioimmunodetection; D012007:Rectum; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography