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- Title
Accuracy of multidetector-row CT for restaging after neoadjuvant treatment in patients with oesophageal cancer.
- Authors
Konieczny, Agnieszka; Meyer, Philipp; Schnider, Annelies; Komminoth, Paul; Schmid, Mathias; Lombriser, Norbert; Weishaupt, Dominik
- Abstract
Objectives: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of 64-multidetector CT (MDCT) for restaging of patients with oesophageal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant therapy. Methods: Results of pathological staging were correlated with those from 64-MDCT before and after neoadjuvant treatment in 35 patients using the American Joint Committee on Cancer/TNM classification (7th edition). CT response was determined using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) method, modified for one-dimensional tumour diameter measurement. Results: 64-MDCT predicted T stage correctly in 34 % (12/35), overstaged in 49 % (17/35) and understaged in 17 % (6/35). Sensitivity/specificity values were as follows: T0, 20 %/92 %; T1-T2, 31 %/59 %; T3, 60 %/64 %; T4, 100 %/4 %. Negative predictive values for T3/T4 were 80 %/100 %. MDCT accurately predicted complete histopathological response in 20 % (accuracy 74 %) and overstaged in 80 %. Tumour regression grade was predicted correctly in only 8 % (2/25) and underestimated in 68 % (17/25). Accurate N stage was noted in 69 % (24/35). Conclusion: Although MDCT tends to be able to exclude advanced tumour stages (T3, T4) with a higher likelihood, the diagnostic accuracy of high resolution MDCT for restaging oesophageal cancer and assessing the response to neoadjuvant therapy has not improved in comparison to older-generation CT. Therefore, the future assessment of oesophageal tumour response should focus on combined morphologic and metabolic imaging. Key Points: • Multidetector CT (MDCT) has been beneficial for the evaluation of many tumours. • However diagnostic accuracy for restaging oesophageal cancer has not improved with MDCT. • MDCT tends to be able to exclude advanced tumour stages (T3/T4). • MDCT has a low accuracy for determining lymph node metastasis. • Oesophageal tumour response should be assessed by combined morphological and metabolic imaging.
- Subjects
ESOPHAGEAL cancer patients; ESOPHAGEAL cancer risk factors; DIAGNOSIS of esophageal cancer; HISTOPATHOLOGY; REGRESSION analysis; COMPUTED tomography; METASTASIS
- Publication
European Radiology, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 9, p2492
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-013-2844-8