EVALUATION OF RESULTS MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND PATHOLOGY ABOUT CIRCUMFERENTIAL RESECTION MARGIN IN RECTAL CANCER PATIENTS

Phạm Vũ Minh Hoàng1,2,, Nguyễn Đình Thạch3, Nguyễn Duy Khương4, Trần Đình Tân2, Phan Hữu Huỳnh2, Phạm Văn Bình2
1 Vietnam National Cancer Hospital
2 K Hospital
3 Pathology-Molecular Biology Center, K Hospital
4 Medical Imaging Center, K Hospital

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Objective: Determine the value of magnetic resonance in the invasive assessment of the circumferential resection margin compared with the pathological results and comment on the relationship of some factors with circumferential resection margin status.  Methods: Prospective cross – sectional description. Results: The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of magnetic resonance in the invasive assessment of the circumferential resection margin compared with the pathological results were: 33,3% (95% CI: 4,3 – 77,7%); 93,7% (95% CI: 84,5 – 98,2%) và 88,4% (95% CI: 78,4 – 94,9%). Recording the factors: tumor location (p<0,05); intestinal wall invasion (T) on magnetic resonance (p<0,001) and tumor diameter (p<0,001), lymph node metastasis (N) (p<0,01); perineural invasion (p<0,05) at pathology was associated with circumferential resection margin status (the difference was statistically significant). Conclusion: The specificity and accuracy of magnetic resonance in the invasive assessment of the circumferential resection margin were quite high; however the sensitivity was still low. The risk factors associated with circumferential resection margin status were: tumor location, tumor diameter, intestinal wall invasion (T), lymph node metastasis (N) and perineural invasion.

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