Register
Community
Overview
Experts
Editors
Fellows
Code of conduct
AI Guidelines for Physicians
Company
About Us
FAQs
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Careers
Programs
News
News Releases
Press Coverage
Publications
Blog
Contact Us
Sign in
Please select the option that best describes you:
Topics:
Radiation Oncology
•
Gastrointestinal Cancers
•
General Internal Medicine
What is your approach to rectal cancer staging in patients who cannot undergo an MRI?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Endoscopic ultrasound of the rectum in addition to CT scans with contrast, if any doubt, will do a PET/CT scan.
Sign in or Register to read more
16107
Related Questions
Would you change treatment approach for rectal cancer with an associated intussusception?
How do you manage persistent rectal bleeding in the setting of rectal adenocarcinoma in a treatment-naive patient?
How would you plan a post-op, distal rectal adenocarcinoma s/p neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and APR with minimal treatment response?
Which patients, if any, treated according to PROSPECT for an early stage rectal cancer, would you offer surveillance if they achieved cCR after neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
Do you use different dose constraints for large bowel vs. small bowel?
How would you treat a painful peripancreatic schwannoma in the setting of prior SBRT course?
In a patient with esophageal cancer with lymph node involvement, would you consider treating with definitive chemo-radiation if they have a single area of retroperitoneal metastasis?
What is your approach to TNT sequencing for locally advanced rectal primaries with low volume metastatic disease to liver?
Would you consider proton therapy as part of TNT for rectal cancer?
What stomach constraint would you accept in abdominal reirradiation?