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Radiological staging of rectal cancer in a resource limited setting.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Current guidelines on rectal cancer (RC) management recommend pre-operative MRI for loco-regional staging and CT for staging of metastases. This allows appropriate selection of patients for chemo-radiotherapy (CRT). However, MRI is not freely available in many low-income countries. We assessed the status of pre-operative imaging for RC in Sri Lanka and evaluated the performance of CT in RC staging. RESULTS:A pre-tested interview-administered questionnaire was used to assess the pre-operative use of MRI and CT in RC. CT findings from 37 RC patients were then compared with histopathology findings. Of the 64 surgeons interviewed, 57 (89.1%) did not request an MRI for their RC patients. Reasons cited included limited availability and long waiting times due to competing health needs. A CT was requested by all. In RC, the overall accuracy of CT for T staging was 43.2% and 29.7% of T1-T2 tumours were over-staged as T3. The overall accuracy of CT for regional lymph node staging was 70.3%. In summary, CT alone is not suitable for RC staging in any setting. It leads to over-staging and patients may thus receive unnecessary CRT. Steps must be taken to improve access to pre-operative MRI among Sri Lankan RC patients.

SUBMITTER: Lokuhetty N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7547447 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Radiological staging of rectal cancer in a resource limited setting.

Lokuhetty Naradha N   Seneviratne Suranjith L SL   Rahman Fathima Asma FA   Marapana Thanushka T   Niloofa Roshan R   De Zoysa Ishan I  

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<h4>Objective</h4>Current guidelines on rectal cancer (RC) management recommend pre-operative MRI for loco-regional staging and CT for staging of metastases. This allows appropriate selection of patients for chemo-radiotherapy (CRT). However, MRI is not freely available in many low-income countries. We assessed the status of pre-operative imaging for RC in Sri Lanka and evaluated the performance of CT in RC staging.<h4>Results</h4>A pre-tested interview-administered questionnaire was used to ass  ...[more]

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