ArticleLa Radiologia medica2023
Applications of new radiological scores: the Node-rads in colon cancer staging.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of node-RADS for the detection of lymph node invasion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Node-RADS: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic performance, category-wise malignancy rates, and inter-observer reliability.European radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Head-to-head pathologic validation of Node-RADS vs size-based criteria for cervical lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.European radiology · 2026Article
- Contrast-enhanced CT colonography in colon cancer: expanding roles in staging, surgical planning and clinical decision-making.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Current Status and Challenges of Imaging-Based Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastasis in Colon Cancer: The Lymph Node Committee of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- Enhancing Node-RADS for preoperative assessment of cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid carcinoma: validation and modification.European radiology · 2026Article
- A head-to-head comparison of MRI and CT using Node-RADS for rectal cancer lymph nodes: Observer agreement and diagnostic performance.European journal of radiology open · 2026Article
- Diagnostic performance of Node-RADS on MRI for a standardized assessment of lymph node metastasis in ovarian cancer.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic performance of CT-based node reporting and data system (Node-RADS) for regional lymph node metastasis in periampullary cancer.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- An improved diagnostic criterion based on Node-RADS MRI score for lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Node-RADS for preoperative locoregional nodal staging of endometrial cancer: reproducibility and accuracy assessment using CT and MRI.European radiology · 2026Article
- Predictive value of node-RADS scoring system for axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- RADS ALPHABET: news and tips for young and general radiologists.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Standardizing cervical lymph node evaluation in papillary thyroid carcinoma: diagnostic accuracy of Node-RADS on ultrasound.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Utility of node-RADS in preoperatively detecting pelvic lymph node metastasis in bladder cancer.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Value of Post-NAC CT-based Node-RADS score for Predicting residual lymph node metastasis and survival outcome of locally advanced gastric cancer.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Article
- How aging may impact the failure to rescue after colorectal laparoscopic surgery. Analysis of 1000 patients in a single high-volume center.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Validation of the Node Reporting and Data System (Node-RADS) for standardized CT evaluation of regional lymph nodes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients.European radiology · 2025Article
- Added value of pretreatment CT-based Node-RADS score for predicting survival outcome of locally advanced gastric cancer: compared with clinical N stage.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Nodal assessment and extranodal extension in head and neck squamous cell cancer: insights from computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.La Radiologia medica · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThe study focuses on the evaluation of the new Node Reporting and Data System 1.0 (Node-rads) scoring accuracy in the assessment of metastatic lymph nodes (LN) in patients with colon carcinoma. MATERIAL AND
methodsFrom April 2021 to May 2022, retrospective chart reviews were performed on 67 preoperative CT (Computed Tomography) of patients undergoing excisional surgery for colon cancer at the Polyclinic of Bari, Italy. Primary endpoints were to assess lymph node size and configuration to express the likelihood of a metastatic site adopting the Node-rads score system, whose categories of risk are defined from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high). The nodal postsurgical histological evaluation was the gold standard. The relationship between Node-rads score, LN size, configuration criteria (texture, border and shape) and the presence of histological metastases was statistically evaluated.
resultsAll surgical specimens examined had correlation with Node-rads score. They were significantly more likely to present nodes micrometastasis those patients with (a) spherical LN shape (82.8%), (b) with lymph node necrosis (100%), (c) irregular borders (87%) and (d) the LN short axis more than 10 mm (61.9%).
conclusionsOur experience highlights how the Node-rads system proposes an intuitive and effective definition of criteria to standardize the lymph node radiological reports in colon cancer disease. Further studies are needed to streamline the classification of the nodal and peripheral LN in all the oncological imaging.
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