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Diagnostic Value of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with Background Body Signal Suppression (DWIBS) for the Pre-Therapeutic Loco-Regional Staging of Cervical Cancer: A Feasibility and Interobserver Reliability Study
Schleder, Stephan
, May, Matthias, Scholz, Carsten, Dinkel, Johannes, Strotzer, Quirin David
, Einspieler, Ingo, Dollinger, Marco
, Schreyer, Andreas G., Grassinger, Jochen and Schicho, Andreas
(2023)
Diagnostic Value of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with Background Body Signal Suppression (DWIBS) for the Pre-Therapeutic Loco-Regional Staging of Cervical Cancer: A Feasibility and Interobserver Reliability Study.
Current Oncology 30 (1), pp. 1164-1173.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 18 Jan 2023 09:44
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.53550
Abstract
(1) Background: cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths and the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for loco-regional staging of cervical cancer in the primary diagnostic workup beginning with at least stage IB. (2) Methods: we retrospectively analyzed 16 patients with histopathological proven ...
(1) Background: cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths and the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for loco-regional staging of cervical cancer in the primary diagnostic workup beginning with at least stage IB. (2) Methods: we retrospectively analyzed 16 patients with histopathological proven cervical cancer (FIGO IB1-IVA) for the diagnostic accuracy of standard MRI and standard MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS) for the correct pre-therapeutic assessment of the definite FIGO category. (3) Results: In 7 out of 32 readings (22%), DWIBS improved diagnostic accuracy. With DWIBS, four (13%) additional readings were assigned the correct major (I-IV) FIGO stages pre-therapeutically. Interobserver reliability of DWIBS was weakest for parametrial infiltration (k = 0.43; CI-95% 0.00-1.00) and perfect for tumor size <2 cm, infiltration of the vaginal lower third, infiltration of adjacent organs and loco-regional nodal metastases (k = 1.000; CI-95% 1.00-1.00). (4) Conclusions: the pre-therapeutic staging of cervical cancer has a high diagnostic accuracy and interobserver reliability when using standard MRI but can be further optimized with the addition of DWIBS sequences when reporting is performed by an experienced radiologist.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Current Oncology | ||||
| Publisher: | MDPI | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | BASEL | ||||
| Volume: | 30 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1164-1173 | ||||
| Date | 13 January 2023 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik | ||||
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| Keywords | PARAMETRIAL INVOLVEMENT; TUMOR SIZE; CARCINOMA; METAANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; MRI; DWIBS; cervical cancer; staging | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-535501 | ||||
| Item ID | 53550 |
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