Background Radical surgery via total mesorectal excision might not be the optimal first-line
treatment for early-stage rectal cancer. An organ-preserving strategy with selective total …

Background Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and ultrasound are used to image
Crohn's disease, but their comparative accuracy for assessing disease extent and activity is …

Background Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) could be an alternative to
multi-modality staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but its diagnostic accuracy …

Summary Background Whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) could be an alternative to multimodality
staging of colorectal cancer, but its diagnostic accuracy, effect on staging times, number of …

Background Appendicitis remains a difficult disease to diagnose, and imaging adjuncts are
commonly employed. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging test that can be …

Background Older patients with early-stage rectal cancer are under-represented in clinical
trials and, therefore, little high-quality data are available to guide treatment in this patient …

Background Complete mesocolic excision (CME) for right colon cancers has traditionally
been an open procedure. Surgical adoption of minimal access CME remains limited due to …

Objectives: To evaluate interobserver variability for diagnosis of disease presence and
extent of small bowel and colonic Crohn's disease using MR enterography (MRE) Methods …

Objective The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare across the world. Efforts
have concentrated on managing this crisis, with impact on cancer care unclear. We …

Measurement of the psoas muscle area has been applied to estimate lean muscle mass as
a surrogate marker of sarcopenia, but there is a paucity of evidence regarding the influence …