ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2009
Staging anal cancer: prospective comparison of transanal endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.
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- Rectal Endoscopic Ultrasound in Clinical Practice.Current gastroenterology reports · 2019Review
- EFSUMB Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Part 3: Endorectal, Endoanal and Perineal Ultrasound.Ultrasound international open · 2019Review
- So Now My Patient Has Squamous Cell Cancer: Diagnosis, Staging, and Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal and Anal Margin.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2018Review
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- Present status and perspectives of endosonography 2017 in gastroenterology.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2018Review
- Diagnosis and Diagnostic Imaging of Anal Canal Cancer.Surgical oncology clinics of North America · 2017Review
- The role of MRI in the assessment of the local status of anal carcinomas and in their management.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2015Article
- The differential diagnosis and interdisciplinary treatment of anal carcinoma.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2015Review
- Transrectal ultrasonography of anorectal diseases: advantages and disadvantages.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2015Review
- MRI and CT of anal carcinoma: a pictorial review.Insights into imaging · 2013Article
- Anal cancer - a review.International journal of health sciences · 2012Article
- Anal carcinomas: the role of endoanal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in staging, response evaluation and follow-up.European radiology · 2011Review
- Anorectal Cancer: Critical Anatomic and Staging Distinctions That Affect Use of Radiation Therapy.Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, IncReview
- Cancer of the Anal Canal: Diagnosis, Staging and Follow-Up with MRI.Korean journal of radiologyReview
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Abstract
purposeThe staging of anal cancer is extremely important for therapy and prognosis. Transanal endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are routinely applied. The aim of this prospective comparative study is to evaluate whether tumor staging is concordant between these techniques.
methodsForty-five anal cancer patients underwent endoscopic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. Histological confirmation was obtained in all patients. The two test methods were compared with the kappa concordance index and sensitivity for the initial method of tumor detection was calculated. For six patients who were operated upon because of tumor progression, the results were evaluated against the histological tumor stage.
resultsHigh concordance was found in the assessment of tumor size and nodal status (kappa index 0.63 and 0.77). Cancer patients were correctly identified with 100% sensitivity (45/45) by endoscopic ultrasound and with 88.9% (40/45) sensitivity by magnetic resonance imaging. In the six operated patients, T stage was correctly assessed in four of six patients by endoscopic ultrasound and in three of six patients by magnetic resonance imaging.
conclusionThe results of endoscopic ultrasound strongly coincide with those of magnetic resonance imaging. Endoscopic ultrasound may be superior to magnetic resonance imaging for detection of small superficial tumors. However, magnetic resonance imaging is needed for N staging.
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