Accurate staging of non-metastatic colon cancer with CT: the importance of training and practice for experienced radiologists and analysis of incorrectly staged cases.
Simone van de WeerdE HongI van den BergJ W WijlemansJ van VoorenM W PrinsF J WesselsB C HeeresS RobertiJ NederendJ H J M van KriekenJ M L RoodhartR G H Beets-TanJ P MedemaPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2022)
The high accuracy and specificity of T-staging reached in our study indicate that sufficient training and practice of experienced radiologists can ensure high validity for CT staging in colon cancer to safely use neoadjuvant therapy without significant risk of over-treatment, while N-staging remained unreliable.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- pet ct
- primary care
- computed tomography
- healthcare
- image quality
- artificial intelligence
- squamous cell carcinoma
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- dual energy
- small cell lung cancer
- rectal cancer
- positron emission tomography
- virtual reality
- quality improvement
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- radiation therapy
- stem cells
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- machine learning
- mass spectrometry
- bone marrow
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