WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds.

In total, they reviewed outcomes from 277 patients, with an average age of 58, who had the stage of their rectal cancer determined by MRI. The average length of the follow-up period was slightly ...

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. The findings, from UVA Cancer Center ...

The study included 39 patients (23 men, 15 women), who underwent 3T MRI. According to the study, rectal carcinoma was identified on MRI and confirmed histologically in all 39 patients.

Patients with stage I-III rectal cancer typically undergo chemoradiation before surgery, but MRI can identify those who could skip this step and go straight to upfront surgery.

A personal trainer who followed a clean diet was diagnosed with colon cancer after her rectal bleeding and bloating were dismissed as benign stomach issues.

Predicting treatment response for the safe non-operative management of patients with rectal cancer using an MRI-based deep-learning model. Authors: Heather M. Selby, Charles Liu, Vipul Sheth, Sandy ...

Disease-free survival (DFS) at five years was 67.2 percent for MRI-clear CRM versus 47.3 percent for MRI-involved CRM (hazard ratio, 1.65). For MRI-involved CRM, local recurrence (LR) was 3.50.