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MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Defining a “window of opportunity” for laparoscopic surgery

Year: 2006

Type: letter

Abstract: EDITOR—The MERCURY Study Group provides clear evidence that preoperative magnetic resonance imaging can accurately predict surgical resection margins,1 and its work in particular, has already led to a paradigm shift in the preoperative investigation and treatment of rectal cancer, at least in the United Kingdom. This is at least implicitly acknowledged in that both previous letters focus on magnetic resonance imaging in …

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808-b

Authors: Bruce F Sizer, Tan Arulampalam, Ralph Austin, Nicola Lacey, Don Menzies, Roger Motson

Institutions: Colchester Hospital, Essex County Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2057325427

Cites: 2

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10