MRI can save rectal cancer patients from surgery, study suggests (IMAGE)
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“No one wants to get surgery if they can avoid it. Now we have a powerful tool to help patients and their doctors predict who would benefit from surgery after initial chemotherapy and radiation and who can likely avoid surgery," said Arun Krishnaraj, MD, MPH, a radiologist and imaging expert who is director of UVA Health’s Division of Body Imaging.
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