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Erschienen in: European Radiology 7/2013

01.07.2013 | Magnetic Resonance

Imaging strategies in the management of oesophageal cancer: what’s the role of MRI?

verfasst von: Peter S. N. van Rossum, Richard van Hillegersberg, Frederiek M. Lever, Irene M. Lips, Astrid L. H. M. W. van Lier, Gert J. Meijer, Maarten S. van Leeuwen, Marco van Vulpen, Jelle P. Ruurda

Erschienen in: European Radiology | Ausgabe 7/2013

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Abstract

Objectives

To outline the current role and future potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the management of oesophageal cancer regarding T-staging, N-staging, tumour delineation for radiotherapy (RT) and treatment response assessment.

Methods

PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane library were searched identifying all articles related to the use of MRI in oesophageal cancer. Data regarding the value of MRI in the areas of interest were extracted in order to calculate sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and accuracy for group-related outcome measures.

Results

Although historically poor, recent improvements in MRI protocols and techniques have resulted in better imaging quality and the valuable addition of functional information. In recent studies, similar or even better results have been achieved using optimised MRI compared with other imaging strategies for T- and N-staging. No studies clearly report on the role of MRI in oesophageal tumour delineation and real-time guidance for RT so far. Recent pilot studies showed that functional MRI might be capable of predicting pathological response to treatment and patient prognosis.

Conclusions

In the near future MRI has the potential to bring improvement in staging, tumour delineation and real-time guidance for RT and assessment of treatment response, thereby complementing the limitations of currently used imaging strategies.

Key Points

• MRI’s role in oesophageal cancer has been somewhat limited to date.
• However MRI’s ability to depict oesophageal cancer is continuously improving.
• Optimising TN-staging, radiotherapy planning and response assessment ultimately improves individualised cancer care.
• MRI potentially complements the limitations of other imaging strategies regarding these points.
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Metadaten
Titel
Imaging strategies in the management of oesophageal cancer: what’s the role of MRI?
verfasst von
Peter S. N. van Rossum
Richard van Hillegersberg
Frederiek M. Lever
Irene M. Lips
Astrid L. H. M. W. van Lier
Gert J. Meijer
Maarten S. van Leeuwen
Marco van Vulpen
Jelle P. Ruurda
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2013
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Radiology / Ausgabe 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-013-2773-6

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