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Editorial
. 2026 Jan 29.
doi: 10.1007/s00330-025-12277-7. Online ahead of print.

Rectal cancer MRI: if you use the correct spin, patient care will be win-win

Gaiane M Rauch  1 , Viktoriya Paroder  2
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Editorial

Rectal cancer MRI: if you use the correct spin, patient care will be win-win

Gaiane M Rauch et al. Eur Radiol. .
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Compliance with ethical standards. Guarantor: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Gaiane Rauch. Conflict of interest: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article. Statistics and biometry: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper. Informed consent: N/A. Ethical approval: N/A. Study subjects or cohorts overlap: N/A. Methodology: Commentary

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