SynthesisThe British journal of radiology2015
The utility of MRI for pre-operative T and N staging of gastric carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Korean Practice Guidelines for Gastric Cancer 2024: An Evidence-based, Multidisciplinary Approach (Update of 2022 Guideline).Journal of gastric cancer · 2025Guideline
- Reduced Field-of-view Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Early Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study Comparing Diagnostic Performance with MDCT and fFOV DWI.Current medical imaging · 2025Article
- Development and validation of CT-based fusion model for preoperative prediction of invasion and lymph node metastasis in adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- CT Imaging as a Single Modality for Clinical Staging of Gastric Cancer in Limited Resource Centers: A Retrospective Pilot Study.Journal of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Value of orthogonal axial MR images in preoperative T staging of gastric cancer.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- Predicting tumor invasion depth in gastric cancer: developing and validating multivariate models incorporating preoperative IVIM-DWI parameters and MRI morphological characteristics.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Prediction of peritoneal free cancer cells in gastric cancer patients by golden-angle radial sampling dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2024Article
- Multicenter Evaluation of a Weakly Supervised Deep Learning Model for Lymph Node Diagnosis in Rectal Cancer at MRI.Radiology. Artificial intelligence · 2024Article
- Impact of MRI on the post-therapeutic diagnosis of T4 esophageal cancer.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2023Article
- The Role of Staging Laparoscopy for Gastric Cancer Patients: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives.Cancers · 2023Review
- Imaging in Gastric Cancer: Current Practice and Future Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Korean Practice Guidelines for Gastric Cancer 2022: An Evidence-based, Multidisciplinary Approach.Journal of gastric cancer · 2023Review
- Differentiating T1a-T1b from T2 in gastric cancer lesions with three different measurement approaches based on contrast-enhanced T1W imaging at 3.0 T.BMC medical imaging · 2021Article
- Clinical TNM staging for esophageal, gastric, and colorectal cancers in the era of neoadjuvant therapy: A systematic review of the literature.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2021Review
- Lymph Node Involvement in Advanced Gastric Cancer in the Era of Multimodal Treatment-Oncological and Surgical Perspective.Cancers · 2021Review
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- Is Accurate N - Staging for Gastric Cancer Possible?Frontiers in surgery · 2018Article
- Comparison of DWI andOncotarget · 2017Article
- Therapeutic potential of ADAM17 modulation in gastric cancer through regulation of the EGFR and TNF-α signalling pathways.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2017Article
- Preoperative staging of nodal status in gastric cancer.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo perform a meta-analysis and literature review regarding the diagnostic accuracy of MRI for pre-operative tumour depth invasion (T) and regional lymph node invasion (N) staging of gastric carcinoma (GC).
methodsArticles were identified through systematic search of Medline, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Springerlink and several Chinese databases. The study quality was assessed by the quality assessment for studies of diagnostic accuracy. 2 reviewers independently extracted and assessed the data from 11 eligible studies. A meta-analysis was then carried out. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were also performed.
results11 studies (439 patients) were finally included in the current review. Among these studies, the significant evidence of heterogeneity was only discovered for specificity in T4 stage (I(2) = 59.8%). Pooled sensitivity and specificity of MRI to diagnose T stage tumour (T3-4 vs T1-2) were 0.93 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.89-0.96] and 0.91 (95% CI, 0.87-0.95), respectively. Pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity of MRI to diagnose N stage tumour (N0 vs N+) were 0.86 (95% CI, 0.80-0.92) and 0.67 (95% CI, 0.54-0.79), respectively. Subgroup analyses showed that diffusion-weighted imaging was more helpful for T staging.
conclusionThe present systematic review suggests that MRI has a good diagnostic accuracy for pre-operative T staging of GC and should be widely used in clinical work. However, the ability for N staging is relatively poor on MRI. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: In the pre-operative staging of GC, MRI was a useful tool and may enhance accuracy for the T staging of advanced GC.
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