Pratik Tripathi1, Zhen Li1, Yaqi Shen1, Xuemei Hu1, and Daoyu Hu1
1Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
1Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Area within mesorectum has significant correlation with BMI. Mesorectal fat thickness is an independent risk factor for local or distant metastasis in rectal cancer. Lower mesorectal fat thickness is associated with worse DFS
Title: Axial view of mesorectum using MRI
Legend: Axial view of anterior, posterior, right lateral and left lateral mesorectal fat thickness at the level of 5 cm from the anal verge
Kaplan–Meier curve analysis of prognostic stratification and predictive capability. Prognostic classification of Disease Free Survival using the mesorectal fat thickness (P <.001).