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Quantitative assessment of MRI for treatment response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: A review
WAN Lijuan  ZHANG Hongmei 

Cite this article as: Wan LJ, Zhang HM. Quantitative assessment of MRI for treatment response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: A review. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2019, 10(8): 625-628. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.08.014.


[Abstract] Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by surgery has become the standard of care for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Accurate evaluation of response to nCRT is helpful for guiding personalized treatment. Nowadays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the main tools used to response evaluation. Quantitative response evaluation based on normal MRI, functional MRI and radiomics can provide information beyond morphology, it is expected to improve the accuracy. In the review, we discuss the strengths and weakness of quantify MRI, including normal MRI, functional MRI and radiomics, for response evaluation after nCRT.
[Keywords] magnetic resonance imaging；rectal neoplasms；neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy；quantitative response evaluation

WAN Lijuan Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China

ZHANG Hongmei* Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China

*Corresponding to: Zhang HM, E-mail: 13581968865@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  This work was part of National Key Program Research Project No. 2016YFC0904600 Special Scientific Research Projects of Beijing Science and Technology Project No. Z161100000516101 Beijing Hope Marathon Special Fund No. LC2016A05
Received  2019-04-03
Accepted  2019-05-08
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.08.014
Cite this article as: Wan LJ, Zhang HM. Quantitative assessment of MRI for treatment response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: A review. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2019, 10(8): 625-628. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.08.014.

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