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Kim: Prediction of Complete Remission after Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Diagnostic Role of Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2012; 60(2): 132-134.

Published online: 22 August 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2012.60.2.132

Prediction of Complete Remission after Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Diagnostic Role of Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Ah Young Kim

Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Ah Young Kim, Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3010-4400, Fax: +82-2-476-4719, aykim@amc.seoul.kr

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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Article: Diffusion-weighted MRI for Selection of Complete Responders after Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: a Multicenter Study ([Related article:] Ann Surg Oncol 2011;18:2224-2231)

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