Song Liu1, Jian He1, Wenxian Guan2, Qiang Li2, Haiping Yu1, Zhuping Zhou1, Shanhua Bao2, Zhengyang Zhou3. 1. Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, 210008. 2. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, 210008. 3. Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, 210008. Electronic address: zyzhou@nju.edu.cn.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the utilization of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in T staging of gastric cancer prospectively. METHODS: Fifty-one patients underwent T2-weighted (T2W), contrast-enhanced (CE) and DW MR imaging. Two radiologists independently interpreted the images for T staging of the tumors. RESULTS: The overall accuracy of T staging in pT1-4 gastric cancers by T2W+CE+DW (88.2%) was significantly higher than that by T2W+CE and T2W+DW (both 76.5%, P=.031). CONCLUSION: DW adds useful information to T2W and CE MR imaging in T staging of gastric cancer.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the utilization of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in T staging of gastric cancer prospectively. METHODS: Fifty-one patients underwent T2-weighted (T2W), contrast-enhanced (CE) and DW MR imaging. Two radiologists independently interpreted the images for T staging of the tumors. RESULTS: The overall accuracy of T staging in pT1-4 gastric cancers by T2W+CE+DW (88.2%) was significantly higher than that by T2W+CE and T2W+DW (both 76.5%, P=.031). CONCLUSION: DW adds useful information to T2W and CE MR imaging in T staging of gastric cancer.
Authors: Alicia S Borggreve; Lucas Goense; Hylke J F Brenkman; Stella Mook; Gert J Meijer; Frank J Wessels; Marcel Verheij; Edwin P M Jansen; Richard van Hillegersberg; Peter S N van Rossum; Jelle P Ruurda Journal: Br J Radiol Date: 2019-03-05 Impact factor: 3.039
Authors: Francesco Giganti; Alessandro Ambrosi; Damiano Chiari; Elena Orsenigo; Antonio Esposito; Elena Mazza; Luca Albarello; Carlo Staudacher; Alessandro Del Maschio; Francesco De Cobelli Journal: Chin J Cancer Res Date: 2017-04 Impact factor: 5.087