Abstract
In this study, we aimed to investigate the accuracy of single portal venous phase
multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in preoperative staging of colorectal cancer.
MDCT, surgery, and pathological results of 159 patients with pathologically proven
colorectal adenocarcinoma were evaluated retrospectively. In T staging, the accuracy
was 96% for ≤T2 tumors, 92% for T3 tumors, and 96% for T4 tumors. In N staging, the accuracy was
68% for N0 tumors, 74% for N1 tumors, and 71% for N2 tumors. In conclusion, the accuracy
of single portal venous phase MDCT is reasonably high in T staging, but it is not
sufficiently high enough in N staging.
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Publication history
Published online: September 23, 2013
Accepted:
August 1,
2013
Received in revised form:
June 26,
2013
Received:
February 21,
2013
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☆The authors declared no conflict of interest.
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