CT Imaging as a Single Modality for Clinical Staging of Gastric Cancer in Limited Resource Centers: A Retrospective Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastric cancer disproportionately impacts populations in resource-limited settings. Within a safety-net network, we assessed the utility of computed tomography (CT) as a single staging modality.

Methods

We utilized a clinical database of gastric cancer patients treated within the Los Angeles County safety-net hospital system from 2016 to 2023 in conjunction with retrospective imaging review by certified radiologists. We assessed agreement between clinical and pathological staging for patients who underwent curative gastrectomy using the Kappa coefficient.

Results

Of 107 patients with available CT imaging, 43.9% (n = 47) were staged with CT as a single modality. Most tumors displayed infiltrating (75%) or diffuse (28%) morphology, 41% displayed adequate gast

SUBMITTER: Klingbeil KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849710 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature