Magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis and neoadjuvant treatment evaluation in locally advanced rectal cancer: A pictorial review

Figure 22 Schematic representation of effects of chemoradiotherapy on a rectal tumor and circumferential resection margins. Adapted from ref. [27]: Nougaret S, Reinhold C, Mikhael HW, Rouanet P, Bibeau F, Brown G. The use of MR imaging in treatment planning for patients with rectal carcinoma: have you checked the “DISTANCE”? Radiology 2013; 268: 330-344.