Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy of the rectal carcinoma - The correlation between the findings on the restaging multiparametric 3T MRI scanning and the surgical findings.

Aim: To figure out how to correlate the findings on functional MRI and carried out after neoadjuvant CRT of rectal carcinoma with final histology after surgery.

Background: Neoadjuvant CRT is the standard treatment of locally advanced rectal carcinoma. Its use leads to the downstaging of the disease and in 15-42% of patients even to the detection of pCR after TME.