Structured reporting of rectal cancer staging and restaging: A consensus proposal

Vincenza Granata, Damiano Caruso, Roberto Grassi, Salvatore Cappabianca, Alfonso Reginelli, Roberto Rizzati, Gabriele Masselli, Rita Golfieri, Marco Rengo, Daniele Regge, Giuseppe Lo Re, Silvia Pradella, Roberta Fusco, Lorenzo Faggioni, Andrea Laghi, Vittorio Miele, Emanuele Neri, Francesca Coppola

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Abstract

Background: Structured reporting (SR) in oncologic imaging is becoming necessary and has recently been recognized by major scientific societies. The aim of this study was to build MRI-based structured reports for rectal cancer (RC) staging and restaging in order to provide clinicians all critical tumor information. Materials and Methods: A panel of radiologist experts in abdominal imaging, called the members of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, was established. The modified Delphi process was used to build the SR and to assess the level of agreement in all sections. The Cronbach’s alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency of each section and to measure the quality analysis according to the average inter‐item correlation. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was also evaluated. Results: After the second Delphi round of the SR RC staging, the panelists’ single scores and sum of scores were 3.8 (range 2–4) and 169, and the SR RC restaging panelists’ single scores and sum of scores were 3.7 (range 2–4) and 148, respectively. The Cα correlation coefficient was 0.79 for SR staging and 0.81 for SR restaging. The ICCs for the SR RC staging and restaging were 0.78 (p < 0.01) and 0.82 (p < 0.01), respectively. The final SR version was built and included 53 items for RC staging and 50 items for RC restaging. Conclusions: The final version of the structured reports of MRI‐based RC staging and.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2135
JournalCancers
Volume13
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 1 2021

Keywords

  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Rectal cancer
  • Re‐staging
  • Staging
  • Structured reporting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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