Meaningful words in rectal MRI synoptic reports: How "polypoid" may be prognostic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study explored the clinicopathologic outcomes of rectal tumor morphological descriptors used in a synoptic rectal MRI reporting template and determined that prognostic differences were observed.

Methods

This retrospective study was conducted at a comprehensive cancer center. Fifty patients with rectal tumors for whom the synoptic descriptor "polypoid" was chosen by three experienced radiologists were compared with ninety comparator patients with "partially circumferential" and "circumferential" rectal tumors. Two radiologists re-evaluated all cases. The outcome measures were agreement among two re-interpreting radiologists, clinical T staging with MRI (mrT) and descriptive nodal features, and degrees of wall attachment of tumors (on MRI) compared with pathologic

SUBMITTER: Golia Pernicka JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585689 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature