The purpose of this study is to measure the diagnostic performance of whole body (WB) MR-PET for staging rectal cancer, compared with current standard of care (chest/abdominopelvic CT and rectal MRI) to investigate clinical feasibility of WB MR-PET as a one-stop preoperative imaging modality in patients with rectal cancer.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
71
whole body MR-PET with dedicated liver+rectal protocol
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
the concordance rate between rectal cancer staging performed by WB MR-PET and the current standard of care (chest/abdominopelvic CT and rectal MRI
the concordance rate between two protocols (standard protocol vs. WB-MR-PET) would be calculated.
Time frame: 12 months
incidence of recommendation for further workup after examination
incidence of recommendation for further w/u after two protocols (standard vs. study) would be compared.
Time frame: 12 months
concordance rate of clinical staging between standard of care and that obtained by combination of WB MR-PET and chest CT.
Time frame: 12 months
concordance rate of clinical stagings and true M staging obtained by biopsy or follow-up
Time frame: 18 months
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