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The clinical application value of multi-slice spiral CT enhanced scans combined with multiplanar reformations images in preoperative T staging of rectal cancer.

Xiao-Cong Zhou, Que-Lu Chen, Chong-Quan Huang, Hong-Li Liao, Chun-Yi Ren, Qing-Si He

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Article in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao-Cong ZhouCheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong.
Que-Lu ChenDeparment of Radiology.
Chong-Quan HuangDeparment of Radiology.
Hong-Li LiaoDeparment of Pathology, The Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University (Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou, Zhejiang.
Chun-Yi RenDeparment of Pathology, The Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University (Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou, Zhejiang.
Qing-Si HeDepartment of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
Wenzhou Central Hospital · CNShandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and clinical application value of multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) enhanced scans combined with multiplanar reformations (MPRs) images compared with postoperative pathological results in preoperative T staging of rectal cancer.One hundred sixty-eight consecutive patients with rectal cancer were admitted in our hospital between January 2013 and October 2018. Conventional MSCT plain scans, multi-phase dynamic contrast-enhanced scans, and MPRs were performed in all patients before surgical operation. The preoperative T staging of the rectal cancer lesions was evaluated using MSCT enhanced scans combined with MPRs, which was verified by postoperative pathological results. The diagnostic accuracy of MSCT enhanced scans combined with MPRs in evaluating T staging of the rectal cancer lesions were analyzed by χ test and Kappa test.Compared with postoperative pathology, T staging using MSCT enhanced scans combined with MPRs had overall accuracy of 85.7%. Consistency between MSCT enhanced scans combined with MPRs and postoperative pathological staging was effective for T staging (Kappa = 0.658, χ = 4.200, P = .122).Conventional MSCT enhanced scans combined with MPRs are simple and feasible. It is consistent with the pathological diagnosis of evaluating T staging in the rectal cancer lesions. It can provide reliable imaging evidence for the preoperative evaluation of primary rectal cancer, especially in patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contraindications, or in grass-roots hospitals due to lack of MRI equipment.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPreoperative CareRectal NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesTomography, Spiral Computed

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PMID31305437
PMCPMC6641797
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