Evaluation of lateral pelvic nodes in patients with advanced rectal cancer.
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis as a predictor of local recurrence and survival in patients with advanced rectal cancer. Prediction of lateral pelvic nodal staging on MRI shows high accuracy compared with the other imaging modalities. Diffusion-weighted MRI or (18)F-FDG PET/CT may be helpful to assesses lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis.
Medical subject headings
- Lymph Nodes
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Rectal Neoplasms
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed