Open AccessHistogram Analysis of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Biomarker to Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in T3 Stage Rectal Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jin Li,
Yang Zhou,
Xinxin Wang,
Yanyan Yu,
Xueyan Zhou,
Kuan Luan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s298907
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , stage (stratigraphy) , colorectal cancer , magnetic resonance imaging , effective diffusion coefficient , radiology , lymph node , t stage , diffusion mri , cutoff , pathological , cancer , nuclear medicine , pathology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
This study investigated the predictive value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) histogram parameters of the primary tumor for regional lymph node metastasis (LNM) in pathological T3 stage rectal cancer.