Evaluating rectal tumor staging with magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and endoluminal ultrasound: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), endoluminal ultrasound (EUS), and computed tomography (CT) are commonly used imaging tools to evaluate rectal tumor staging, but there was no recent meta-analysis to define the present role of the 3 tools. Here, we proposed to systematically compare the accuracy of the 3 imaging tools for rectal tumor staging.

Methods

We systematically searched diagnostic accuracy studies of MRI, CT, or EUS on rectal cancer staging, written in English or Chinese, published between January 1, 2003 and Dec 31, 2015 from database of PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library. The reference standards should be pathological findings. Hierarchical regression model was used for producing summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves and calculating d

SUBMITTER: Li XT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5591164 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature