Does preoperative staging of irradiated rectal cancers using digital rectal examination , computed tomography , endorectal ultrasound , and magnetic resonance imaging accurately predict T0 , N0 pathology?
Our ability to assess local eradication of rectal cancer following radiation therapy remains poor. Conventional imaging and clinical examination techniques are unable to safely predict which patients do not require surgical excision following curative radiation therapy for rectal cancer.
Early glycemic treatment of insulin-resistant diabetic rats did not prevent deterioration of sympathetic neuronal integrity though ventricular filling abnormalities were delayed.