CT Scans Understage Lymph Nodes in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
CT scans are not sensitive to identify nodal metastases in gastric and GEJ adenocarcinoma using current radiologic guidelines. While a lower lymph node size cutoff may improve sensitivity, this does not benefit patients with diffuse or mixed-type tumors. Since CT scans understage a large proportion of patients with gastric and GEJ cancers, techniques to improve clinical nodal staging in this population are needed.
Authors
- Scott I. Reznik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-1545)
- Matthew R. Porembka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-0058)
- Sam C. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3626-5273)
- Suntrea T.G. Hammer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3384-8257)
- Skylar Nahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7208-1266)
- Morgan F. Pettigrew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6031-3194)
- Priya Kumar
Institutions
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.28112
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04
Funders
- American College of Surgeons