... common denominators of all MR examinations,whether compliant or otherwise, were that they had to beperformed on the request of a surgeon or oncologist forassessment of local extension of the rectal ... number not for citation purposes)World Journal of Surgical OncologyOpen AccessResearchThe importance of rectal cancer MRI protocols on iInterpretation accuracyChikako Suzuki1, Michael R Torkzad*2,3, ... for continued education in thisfield.ConclusionFor local staging of locally advanced rectal cancer, the cor-relation between MRI and histopathology was betterwhen a predefined compliant rectal...