Journal
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 1867-1876Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-016-4583-0
Keywords
Cervical stromal invasion; Diffusion weighted imaging; Endometrial cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myometrial invasion
Funding
- Chang Gung Medical Foundation [CMRPG-3B1923, CIRPG3E0021]
- National Science Council (Taiwan) [104-2314-B-182A-095-MY3]
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To compare the diagnostic accuracy of diffusion-weighted (DW) and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for detecting cervical stromal invasion in endometrial cancer. Eighty-three consecutive women with endometrial cancer underwent preoperative evaluation in a 3-T unit, including T2-weighted, DW (b = 0 and 1000 s/mm(2)), and DCE MR imaging. Two radiologists independently assessed presence of cervical stromal invasion, with histopathological reference as gold standard. For assessing cervical stromal invasion, the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, respectively for Reader 1/Reader 2, were as follows: DW MR imaging- 95.2 %/91.6 %, 91.7 %/100 %, and 95.8 %/90.1 %; DCE MR imaging- 91.6 %/88 %, 58.3 %/50 %, and 97.2 %/94.4 %. The diagnostic performance of DW MR imaging (Reader 1: areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) = 0.98; Reader 2: AUC = 0.97) was significantly higher than that of DCE MR imaging (p = 0.009 for Reader 2) or T2-weighted MR imaging (Reader 1: p = 0.006; Reader 2: p = 0.013). Patients with cervical stromal invasion showed a significantly greater canal width (p < 0.0001) and myometrial invasion extent (p = 0.006). DW MR imaging has superior diagnostic performance compared with DCE MR imaging in the detection of cervical stromal invasion. aEuro cent DWI demonstrates a higher accuracy than DCE in detecting cervical stromal invasion. aEuro cent Tumour ADC values are similar between patients without or with cervical invasion. aEuro cent Canal widening causes false-negativity on DCE and T2W but not on DWI.
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