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Esophageal cancer staging by CT: long-term follow-up study.

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Halvorsen, RA; Magruder-Habib, K; Foster, WL; Roberts, L; Postlethwait, RW; Thompson, WM
Published in: Radiology
October 1986

To evaluate the utility of computed tomographic (CT) staging in patients with esophageal cancer, the length of patient survival was compared with pretherapy CT findings in 89 patients. Regardless of therapy, patients with evidence of mediastinal invasion, liver metastases, or abdominal adenopathy had a statistically shortened survival (P less than .05). Specific CT criteria that predicted a shortened survival included evidence of tracheal, aortic, or pericardial invasion. Patients with evidence of both mediastinal invasion and abdominal metastases had a mean survival of 180.4 days; those with no evidence, 479.6 days. The presence of enlarged upper abdominal lymph nodes indicated the worst prognosis (mean survival, 90 days). The patients with squamous cell tumors were classified by the CT staging system, and survival data were compared according to surgical procedure. Patients who underwent attempted curative surgery did not have a statistically significant difference in survival by analysis of survival curves but demonstrated a longer mean survival than those who underwent palliative or no surgery.

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Radiology

DOI

ISSN

0033-8419

Publication Date

October 1986

Volume

161

Issue

1

Start / End Page

147 / 151

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma
  • Aged
  • Adult
 

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Halvorsen, R. A., Magruder-Habib, K., Foster, W. L., Roberts, L., Postlethwait, R. W., & Thompson, W. M. (1986). Esophageal cancer staging by CT: long-term follow-up study. Radiology, 161(1), 147–151. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.161.1.3763857
Halvorsen, R. A., K. Magruder-Habib, W. L. Foster, L. Roberts, R. W. Postlethwait, and W. M. Thompson. “Esophageal cancer staging by CT: long-term follow-up study.Radiology 161, no. 1 (October 1986): 147–51. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.161.1.3763857.
Halvorsen RA, Magruder-Habib K, Foster WL, Roberts L, Postlethwait RW, Thompson WM. Esophageal cancer staging by CT: long-term follow-up study. Radiology. 1986 Oct;161(1):147–51.
Halvorsen, R. A., et al. “Esophageal cancer staging by CT: long-term follow-up study.Radiology, vol. 161, no. 1, Oct. 1986, pp. 147–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiology.161.1.3763857.
Halvorsen RA, Magruder-Habib K, Foster WL, Roberts L, Postlethwait RW, Thompson WM. Esophageal cancer staging by CT: long-term follow-up study. Radiology. 1986 Oct;161(1):147–151.
Journal cover image

Published In

Radiology

DOI

ISSN

0033-8419

Publication Date

October 1986

Volume

161

Issue

1

Start / End Page

147 / 151

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma
  • Aged
  • Adult