Publications by authors named "Adam Wetzel"
Staging and Restaging of Rectal Cancer with MRI: A Pictorial Review.
Semin Ultrasound CT MR
December 2022
MRI plays an integral role in the initial local staging of rectal cancer and assessment of treatment response, with the goal of treatment to minimize local recurrence. Standard treatment of rectal cancer includes surgical excision with the addition of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced disease. MRI is ideally suited for both surgical planning and risk stratification, allowing for accurate evaluation of tumor location and characteristics, T and N staging, and other MRI-specific features.
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- * Out of 283 adrenal nodules studied, researchers found no malignant nodules in patients without a history of cancer, while a small percentage (4.7%) of patients with prior malignancies had metastatic adrenal nodules.
- * The study identified various signal loss patterns in the nodules, with diffuse heterogeneous signal loss being the most common, suggesting potential implications for radiologists in diagnosing and evaluating adrenal nodules.
SLC26A9, a member of the solute carrier protein family, transports chloride ions across various epithelia. SLC26A9 also associates with other ion channels and transporters linked to human health, and in some cases these heterotypic interactions are essential to support the biogenesis of both proteins. Therefore, understanding how this complex membrane protein is initially folded might provide new therapeutic strategies to overcome deficits in the function of SLC26A9 partners, one of which is associated with Cystic Fibrosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) have historically restricted the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to the potential clinical and configurational risks associated with electromagnetic interference. In this study, the authors investigated the impact of MRI on the functional integrity of non-conditional CIEDs and their clinical correlates.
Methods: In this prospective, observational single-center study, we enrolled patients undergoing MRI over a 5-year period.