Tamer Mostafa Abdalrahman Mostafa <br/><br/>
The role of MRI in pre operative staging and post operative follow up of rectal carcinoma /  
 دور التصوير بالرنين المغناطيسى فى تحديد التخطيط الجراحى ومتابعة ما بعد العلاج فى حالات سرطان المستقيم 
Tamer Mostafa Abdalrahman Mostafa ; Supervised Reda Saad Abdallatif , Reda Hassan Tabashy , Ahmad Mostafa Ahmad 
 - Cairo :   Tamer Mostafa Abdalrahman Mostafa ,   2014 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis 
<br/><br/> High resolution magnetic resonance imaging plays a pivotal role in the pretreatment assessment of primary rectal cancer and post operative follow up. Rectal cancer constitutes about one third of all gastrointestinal tumor so, high resolution MRI is the best modality to assess the relations of the rectal tumor and the potential circumferential resection margin (CRM). Therefore it is currently considered the method of choice for local staging of rectal cancer and follow up post total mesorectal excision (TME) operations.  Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of MRI in the preoperative staging, prediction of negative circumferential resection margin, planning of surgical management and post operative follow up of rectal carcinoma  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>High resolution magnetic resonance imaging  Preoperative staging Rectal cancer