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Review
. 2006 Mar;61(3):250-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.11.008.

Surgery for recurrent rectal carcinoma: The role of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging

C Messiou  1 , A Chalmers, K Boyle, P Sagar
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Surgery for recurrent rectal carcinoma: The role of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging

C Messiou et al. Clin Radiol. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Despite apparent curative resection of rectal carcinoma, local recurrence rates of between 3 and 32% have been reported. For those patients, radical surgical resection offers the only hope of cure. We present a review of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and contraindications to curative surgery demonstrated using imaging.

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