Pelvic CT in patients with esophageal cancer

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Feb;184(2):487-90. doi: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840487.

Abstract

Objective: Our aim was to determine whether pelvic CT scans reveal clinically relevant information that would change treatment in the initial or follow-up radiologic examination of patients with esophageal cancer.

Conclusion: We observed that the addition of pelvic CT to 201 examinations of the chest and abdomen had a minimal effect on patient treatment. No pelvic examination changed the cancer stage, but three pelvic CT scans in three patients (3%) altered treatment.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Radiography, Abdominal*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*