FREQUENCY OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL RESECTION MARGIN INVOLVEMENT ON MRI IN RECTAL CANCER

Objective: To determine the frequency of circumferential resection margin (CRM) involvement on MRI in patients of
rectal carcinoma presenting to radiology department of a tertiary care hospital.
Material & Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in radiology department of Lady Reading
Hospital, Peshawar from April 2013 to April 2016.
Results: In this study the total number of patients was 95; with mean age of 47 years. 67% were males and 33% were
females.
Conclusion: MRI has high accuracy in identifying CRM involvement in rectal cancer which is vital for proper therapeutic
decision making.