Clinical Study

Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Application in Response Prediction before, during, and after Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Primary Rectal Cancer Carcinoma

Table 1

Mean ADC value of responders and nonresponders at each time point.

GroupTime point value value
Pre-RT-CHTDuring RT-CHTPost-RT-CHT

Responders 0.87 ± 0.23 1.13 0.261.28 0.3221.50<0.05
Nonresponders0.75 0.141.03 0.101.18 0.388.31>0.05

Data at time point are means ± standard deviations.