In the group of 30 patients who turned mrEMVI− in response MRI, DFS seemed to be better than for those 45 patients who remained mrEMVI+ (Figure 3 ), although the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.053).
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The prognostic value of extramural venous invasion in preoperative MRI of rectal cancer patients.
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In our study, mrEMVI+ was a highly significant factor predicting poorer DFS and most of the recurrences appeared as distant metastases; just 1.7% of the patients had local recurrence only.