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ArticleCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2019

Diagnostic performance in T staging for patients with esophagogastric junction cancer using high-resolution MRI: a comparison with conventional MRI at 3 tesla.

Yuan Yuan, Luguang Chen, Shengnan Ren, Zhen Wang, Yukun Chen, Aiguo Jin, Shuai Li, Xu Fang, Tiegong Wang, Yun Bian and 4 more

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Yuan YuanDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Luguang ChenDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Shengnan RenDepartment of Nuclear medicine, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
Zhen WangDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Yukun ChenDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Aiguo JinDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Shuai LiDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Xu FangDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Tiegong WangDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Yun BianDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Qingsong YangDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Chenguang BaiDepartment of Pathology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
Qiang HaoDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. haoqiang@189.cn.
Jianping LuDepartment of Radiology, Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Second Military Medical University, No.168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. cjr.lujianping@vip.163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-7470

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National Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of China (CN) NANational Science Foundation of China 81871485
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Abstract

backgroundTo investigate and compare the diagnostic performance in T staging for patients with esophagogastric junction cancer using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR MRI), as compared with conventional MRI at 3 Tesla.

methodsA total of 118 patients with pathologically confirmed esophagogastric junction cancer were included and underwent multiparameter HR MRI (Cohort 1, 62 patients) or conventional MRI (Cohort 2, 56 patients). T2-weighted, T1-weighted, diffusion-weighted and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images of each patient were evaluated by two radiologists who determined the preoperative T staging by consensus. Using pathologic staging as the gold standard, the consistency between HR MRI and pathology and between conventional MRI and pathology in T staging was calculated and compared. The overall accuracy, overstatement and understatement of HR MRI and conventional MRI in T staging of patients with esophagogastric junction cancer were computed and compared. Moreover, the diagnostic performance of HR MRI and conventional MRI in T staging (≤ T1 and ≥ T4) of patients with esophagogastric junction cancer were evaluated.

resultsThere were no significant differences in age (p = 0.465) and sex (p = 0.175) between Cohorts 1 and 2. Excellent agreement was observed in the T staging of patients with esophagogastric junction cancer between pathology and HR MRI (kappa = 0.813), while moderate agreement was observed between pathology and conventional MRI (kappa = 0.486). Significant differences were observed in overall accuracy (88.7% vs 64.3%, p = 0.002) and understatement (1.6% vs 26.8%, p < 0.001) but not for overstatement (9.7% vs 8.9%, p = 0.889) in T staging between HR MRI and conventional MRI techniques. For differentiating the T stages of ≤ T1 from ≥ T2 and the T stages of ≤ T3 from ≥ T4, no significant differences were observed between the imaging techniques.

conclusionsHR MRI has good diagnostic performance and may serve as an alternative technique in the T staging of patients with esophagogastric junction cancer in clinical practice.

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Esophagogastric JunctionAgedEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesStomach NeoplasmsEsophagogastric junction cancerHigh-resolution MRIT staging

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PMCPMC6894201

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