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Value of ADC measurements for nodal staging after chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer-a per lesion validation study.

Doenja M J Lambregts, Monique Maas, Robert G Riedl, Frans C H Bakers, Jan L Verwoerd, Alfons G H Kessels, Guido Lammering, Carla Boetes, Geerard L Beets, and Regina G H Beets-Tan

Eur Radiol 21(2):265-73 (2011) PMID 20730540

To evaluate the performance of diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) in addition to T2-weighted (T2W) MRI for nodal restaging after chemoradiation in rectal cancer.

DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1937-x
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