The aim of this study was to compare the safety and morbidity of laparoscopic versus laparotomic comprehensive staging of apparent early stage ovarian cancer.In this retrospective study, the outcomes of patients with apparent stage I ovarian cancer who underwent laparoscopic or laparotomic comprehensive surgical staging from January 2002 to January 2014 were evaluated. The long-term survival of...

BACKGROUND Endometrial carcinoma is a highly prevalent gynecologic malignancy. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system underwent significant revision on 2009. Key changes in the FIGO staging system include simplification of stage I endometrial cancer and removal of cervical mucosal invasion as a separate stage. MRI is a noninvasive diagnostic method for p...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and water imaging combined with dynamic contrast-enhanced scanning for the preoperative diagnosis and staging of rectal cancer. In total, 72 patients with pathologically confirmed rectal cancer were selected for examination using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with phased-array coils, DWI, water imaging...

INTRODUCTION Esophageal cancer staging has been performed through bronchoscopy, computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Whereas CT and PET scan provide assessments of distant metastasis, bronchoscopy importantly diagnoses tracheobronchial involvement, complementing chest CT findings. EUS is the most accurate examination for T and N stag...

The main objectives of any good staging system - essential to an evidence-based approach to cancer - are: to aid the clinician in planning treatment; to provide indication of prognosis; to assist the physician in evaluating the results of treatment; to facilitate the exchange of information between treatment centers, thus disseminating knowledge; and to contribute to continuing investigations i...

Objectives: The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has been increasing rapidly in recent years. Patient age at diagnosis is a good prognostic factor for cancer. DTC the only malignancy that includes as part its staging system. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) system currently uses 55 years cutoff point. In this study, we aimed to compare clinicopathological features patie...

This article is Part 2 of a two-part discussion of prostate cancer from an underwriting perspective that covers clinical staging, tissue staging, and follow-up of treated prostate cancer. Prostate biopsy is the diagnostic gold standard. Needle biopsy technique, sensitivity and specificity, and interpretation of findings, including a detailed discussion of Gleason grading, are discussed. Prostat...

Background The aim was to study the clinical utility of AJCC 8th edition prognostic stage system for patients with breast cancer. Methods According to the AJCC 8th edition cancer staging system, a total of 784 patients with breast cancer diagnosed by Department of Breast Surgery in Peking University Shenzhen Hospital from January 2011 to June 2016 were analyzed in anatomic and prognostic stag...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to establish and evaluate the efficacy of a prediction model for colorectal cancer T-staging. RESULTS T-staging was positively correlated with the level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), expression of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), wall deformity, blurred outer edges, fat infiltration, infiltration into the surrounding tissue, tumor size and wall thickness. A...