Clarifying margins in the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer: the MERCURY experience

G Salerno; I R Daniels; B J Moran; A Wotherspoon; G Brown

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2006.06.005

Clarifying margins in the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer: the MERCURY experience

Clin Radiol. 2006 Nov;61(11):916-23. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.06.005.

Authors

G Salerno¹, I R Daniels, B J Moran, A Wotherspoon, G Brown

Affiliation

¹ Pelican Cancer Foundation, North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK.

PMID: 17018303
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.06.005

Abstract

The Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Rectal Cancer European Equivalence Study (MERCURY) was an observational prospective study involving 11 European centres, to evaluate equivalence between magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology in measuring depth of tumour invasion beyond the bowel and involvement of the circumferential resection margin in rectal cancer specimens.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Review

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Prospective Studies
Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
Rectum / pathology