ReviewCureus2022
The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Endorectal Ultrasound for the Accurate Preoperative T-staging of Rectal Cancer.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Application of transrectal three-dimensional ultrasound for sub-staging of locally advanced rectal cancer at stage T3.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Performance of a Deep Learning-Based Tool for the Detection and Staging of Rectal Cancers on Endoscopic Ultrasound: Prospective Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- An optimal imaging modality based on different predictive risk factors for evaluating local staging of rectal cancer preoperatively: a comparative study of MRI and endorectal ultrasound.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Endoscopic submucosal dissection, transanal endoscopic microsurgical submucosal dissection, and transanal minimally invasive surgery in rectal lesions.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Review
- Predictive Utility of Structured MRI Reporting for Rectal Cancer Outcomes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Preoperative prediction of lymphovascular invasion and T-staging of rectal cancer via a dual-energy computed tomography iodine map: a feasibility study.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2025Article
- Prospective and multi-reader evaluation of deep learning reconstruction-based accelerated rectal MRI: image quality, diagnostic performance, and reading time.European radiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and endorectal ultrasound (ERUS) are essential imaging modalities to assess the depth of tumour invasion (T-staging) in rectal cancer preoperative staging. Accurate T-staging is critical for rectal cancer prognosis and has substantial importance in the determination of appropriate treatment strategies for rectal tumours. There seems to be a knowledge gap in the published literature regarding the most appropriate imaging modality for the preoperative staging of rectal cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine the most appropriate imaging technique for the preoperative T-staging of rectal cancer by comparing the MRI and ERUS staging. In this study, we performed a literature review of studies published in the last 10 years and compared the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of ERUS and MRI for the preoperative T-staging of rectal cancer with the aim of identifying the most appropriate imaging modality. The studies reviewed were selected by a rigorous literature search of academic databases. Three electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus) were searched, and articles were identified. Further rescreening of the articles for those that met the inclusion criteria and searching of the citations of the articles produced eleven journal articles used in this research. Endorectal ultrasound produces accurate results for the T-staging of early rectal cancer, particularly T1 and T2, and has the ability to show the layers of the bowels more clearly in early-stage rectal cancer. However, MRI shows more accurate results for the staging of locally advanced tumours such as advanced T3 and T4 and is particularly important when estimating tumour invasion into the mesorectum, which is very important for the prognostication and survival of patients with rectal cancer. MRI has low accuracy for differentiating early T3 tumours from T1 or T2 with desmoplastic reactions, and therefore, is more likely to overstage these tumours.
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