scholarly journals Simplified, standardized methods to assess the accuracy of clinical cancer staging

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 100253
Author(s):  
Dolly Y. Wu ◽  
Ann E. Spangler ◽  
Dat T. Vo ◽  
Alberto de Hoyos ◽  
Stephen J. Seiler
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Staging ◽  
Clinical Cancer

scholarly journals Utility of a New Bolus-injectable Nanoparticle for Clinical Cancer Staging

Neoplasia ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1160-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Harisinghani ◽  
Robert W. Ross ◽  
Alexander R. Guimaraes ◽  
Ralph Weissleder
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Staging ◽  
Clinical Cancer

All-organic photoacoustic lymph node mapping to assist clinical cancer staging

SPIE Newsroom ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chulhong Kim ◽  
Changho Lee ◽  
Jeesu Kim ◽  
Yumiao Zhang ◽  
Mansik Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Cancer Staging ◽  
Lymph Node Mapping ◽  
Clinical Cancer

Evaluation of hybrid PET/CT gastrography in gastric cancer

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (06) ◽  
pp. 253-259
Author(s):  
J. Jeong ◽  
E. Kong ◽  
K. Chun ◽  
B. Jang ◽  
T. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Cancer ◽  
Regional Lymph Node ◽  
Preoperative Evaluation ◽  
Cancer Staging ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Endoscopic Biopsy ◽  
Depth Of Invasion ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ct ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Ct Gastrography

Summary Aim: With the recent advances in multidetector-row CT, a fusion of functional PET with three dimensional (3D) CT gastrography may provide enhanced diagnostic capability and help surgeons during preoperative planning. The diagnostic value of hybrid PET/CT gastrography was compared with that of conventional PET/CT alone in gastric cancer staging. Patients, methods: Patients with gastric cancer (n = 101) confirmed by endoscopic biopsy specimens underwent conventional PET/CT and regional PET with contrast enhanced CT, followed by gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy at our institution from November 2007 to November 2008. These images were fused into a hybrid PET/CT gastrography using the cardiac IQ fusion software. Conventional PET/CT and hybrid PET/ CT gastrography were evaluated for staging of gastric cancer. After gastrectomy, these were compared with pathologic reports respectively. Results: Gastric cancer was diagnosed as 50 early gastric cancer (EGC) and 51 advanced gastric cancer (AGC) on pathologic examination. In EGC, hybrid PET/CT gastrography and PET/CT identified 36 (72%) and 7 (14%) tumours, respectively. Hybrid PET/CT gastrography correctly delineated the subtype of 25 EGC. In AGC, all 51 (100%) tumours were identified on the hybrid PET/CT gastrography compared to 39 (76.5%) tumours on PET/CT. Hybrid PET/CT gastrography correctly classified the morphology of 42 AGC using the Bormann classification. Additionally, depth of invasion was correctly presented in 38 of 51 AGC. Hybrid PET/CT gastrography for regional lymph node (LN) metastasis in the EGC and AGC showed the sensitivity of 75% and 83.9%, and specificity 90.5% and 55%, respectively. Conclusion: Hybrid PET/CT gastrography is the more intuitive and comprehensive method for the preoperative evaluation of gastric cancer than conventional PET/CT.

scholarly journals Structured Reporting of Rectal Cancer Staging and Restaging: A Consensus Proposal

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2135
Author(s):  
Vincenza Granata ◽  
Damiano Caruso ◽  
Roberto Grassi ◽  
Salvatore Cappabianca ◽  
Alfonso Reginelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rectal Cancer ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Cancer Staging ◽  
Structured Reporting ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Structured Reports

Background: Structured reporting (SR) in oncologic imaging is becoming necessary and has recently been recognized by major scientific societies. The aim of this study was to build MRI-based structured reports for rectal cancer (RC) staging and restaging in order to provide clinicians all critical tumor information. Materials and Methods: A panel of radiologist experts in abdominal imaging, called the members of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, was established. The modified Delphi process was used to build the SR and to assess the level of agreement in all sections. The Cronbach’s alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency of each section and to measure the quality analysis according to the average inter-item correlation. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was also evaluated. Results: After the second Delphi round of the SR RC staging, the panelists’ single scores and sum of scores were 3.8 (range 2–4) and 169, and the SR RC restaging panelists’ single scores and sum of scores were 3.7 (range 2–4) and 148, respectively. The Cα correlation coefficient was 0.79 for SR staging and 0.81 for SR restaging. The ICCs for the SR RC staging and restaging were 0.78 (p < 0.01) and 0.82 (p < 0.01), respectively. The final SR version was built and included 53 items for RC staging and 50 items for RC restaging. Conclusions: The final version of the structured reports of MRI-based RC staging and restaging should be a helpful and promising tool for clinicians in managing cancer patients properly. Structured reports collect all Patient Clinical Data, Clinical Evaluations and relevant key findings of Rectal Cancer, both in staging and restaging, and can facilitate clinical decision-making.

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