Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) for rectal cancer (RC) can achieve a complete disappearance of the tumor in some patients. Therapeutic tactics for these cases can be individualized during preoperative clinical identification. At present, data have been obtained on the possibility of improving the accuracy of assessing a tumor response using a texture analysis of T2-weighted MR images (T2WIs). Objective — to study whether the texture analysis of T2WIs can be used to evaluate the efficiency of nCRT in the combined treatment of patients with RC. Subject and methods. Before and after long-term nCRT, the texture analysis of high-resolution T2WIs was retrospectively carried out in 42 patients with RC who received combined treatment. Pathological examination of surgical specimens could identify groups of respondents (Group 1) and non-respondents (Group 2) to nCRT. Tumor texture (TT) parameters were determined with the MaZda (version 4.6) computer program using the Gray-Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) technique. Data on 11 TT parameters were statistically processed to identify differences in Groups 1 and 2. Results. Group 1 included 20 patients; Group 2 consisted of 22 patients. During nCRT, Group 1 showed significant changes in 8 of the 11 TT parameters: second angular momentum (AngScMom), p=0.0017; contrast, p=0.0424; correlation (Correlat), p=0.0045; homogeneity (InvDfMom), p=0,60240; total dispersion (SumVarnc), p=0.0011; entropy, p=0.0004; differential dispersion (DifVarnc), 0.0284 and differential entropy (DifEntrp), p=0.0055, whereas Group 2 displayed changes in only two parameters: AngScMom (p=0.0040) and entropy (p=0.0007). In Groups 1 and 2, there were significant differences in the baseline TT parameters in AngScMom (p=0.2124); dispersion (SumofSqs), p=0.0028; SumVarnc (p=0.0150); entropy (p=0.0377) and total entropy (SumEntrp), p=0.0031, and in the posttherapy parameters in AngScMom (p=0.0000); InvDfMom (p=0.0310); entropy (p=0.0000); SumEntrp (p=0.0011) and DifEntrp (p=0.0480). Conclusions. The found significant differences in the TT parameters in Groups 1 and 2 suggest that it is feasible to continue investigations of the texture analysis used in patients receiving combined treatment for RC and to identify criteria for predicting and evaluating the efficiency of nCRT.