Staging of colorectal cancer.
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.
Berlin
J W
JW
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, IL 60201, USA.
Gore
R M
RM
Yaghmai
V
V
Newmark
G M
GM
Miller
F H
FH
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