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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Structured Reporting of Lung Cancer Staging: A Consensus Proposal.

Vincenza Granata, Roberto Grassi, Vittorio Miele, Anna Rita Larici, Nicola Sverzellati, Salvatore Cappabianca, Luca Brunese, Nicola Maggialetti, Andrea Borghesi, Roberta Fusco and 16 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Vincenza GranataDivision of Radiology, "Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Roberto GrassiDivision of Radiology, "Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli", 80128 Naples, Italy.
Vittorio MieleItalian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Via della Signora 2, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7848-1567
Anna Rita LariciInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1882-6244
Nicola SverzellatiSection of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Surgery, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy.
Salvatore CappabiancaDivision of Radiology, "Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli", 80128 Naples, Italy.
Luca BruneseDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Via Francesco De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Nicola MaggialettiSection of Radiodiagnostic, DSMBNOS, "Aldo Moro" University, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Andrea BorghesiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4761-2923
Roberta FuscoMedical Oncology Division, Igea SpA, 80013 Naples, Italy.
Maurizio BalbiSection of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Surgery, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy.
Fabrizio UrraroDivision of Radiology, "Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli", 80128 Naples, Italy.
Duccio BuccicardiImaging Department, San Paolo Hospital, 17100 Savona, Italy.
Chandra BortolottoDepartment of Radiology, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9193-9309
Roberto ProstRadiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, 09134 Cagliari, Italy.
Marco RengoDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, I.C.O.T. Hospital, "Sapienza", University of Rome, 00195 Latina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9087-5692
Elisa BaratellaDepartment of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, 34128 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1061-9507
Massimo De FilippoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Radiologic Science, University of Parma, Maggiore Hospital, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Carmelo BarresiDivision of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Stefano PalmucciDepartment of Medical Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies GF Ingrassia, University Hospital Policlinico "G.Rodolico-San Marco", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7196-2974
Marco BussoRadiology Unit, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, University of Turin, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8176-8641
Lucio CalandrielloDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy, and Hematology-Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Mario SansoneDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI), University of Naples Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Emanuele NeriItalian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Via della Signora 2, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7950-4559
Francesca CoppolaDepartment of Radiology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Via Albertoni 15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8957-4606
Lorenzo FaggioniDepartment of Translational Research, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5262-4489

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStructured reporting (SR) in radiology is becoming necessary and has recently been recognized by major scientific societies. This study aimed to build CT-based structured reports for lung cancer during the staging phase, in order to improve communication between radiologists, members of the multidisciplinary team and patients. MATERIALS AND

methodsA panel of expert radiologists, members of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, was established. A modified Delphi exercise was used to build the structural report and to assess the level of agreement for all the report sections. The Cronbach's alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was used to assess internal consistency for each section and to perform a quality analysis according to the average inter-item correlation.

resultsThe final SR version was built by including 16 items in the "Patient Clinical Data" section, 4 items in the "Clinical Evaluation" section, 8 items in the "Exam Technique" section, 22 items in the "Report" section, and 5 items in the "Conclusion" section. Overall, 55 items were included in the final version of the SR. The overall mean of the scores of the experts and the sum of scores for the structured report were 4.5 (range 1-5) and 631 (mean value 67.54, STD 7.53), respectively, in the first round. The items of the structured report with higher accordance in the first round were primary lesion features, lymph nodes, metastasis and conclusions. The overall mean of the scores of the experts and the sum of scores for staging in the structured report were 4.7 (range 4-5) and 807 (mean value 70.11, STD 4.81), respectively, in the second round. The Cronbach's alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was 0.89 in the first round and 0.92 in the second round for staging in the structured report.

conclusionsThe wide implementation of SR is critical for providing referring physicians and patients with the best quality of service, and for providing researchers with the best quality of data in the context of the big data exploitation of the available clinical data. Implementation is complex, requiring mature technology to successfully address pending user-friendliness, organizational and interoperability challenges.

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