Analyzing the post-contrast attenuation of the esophageal wall on routine contrast-enhanced MDCT examination can improve the diagnostic accuracy in response evaluation of the squamous cell esophageal carcinoma to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in comparison with the esophageal wall thickness

A. Djuric-Stefanovic,Aleksandra Jankovic,Dusan Saponjski,Marjan Micev,Suzana Stojanovic-Rundic,Milena Cosic-Micev,Pesko P

Analyzing the post-contrast attenuation of the esophageal wall on routine contrast-enhanced MDCT examination can improve the diagnostic accuracy in response evaluation of the squamous cell esophageal carcinoma to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in comparison with the esophageal wall thickness

2019

A. Djuric-Stefanovic
Aleksandra Jankovic
Dusan Saponjski
Marjan Micev
Suzana Stojanovic-Rundic
Milena Cosic-Micev
Pesko P

Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in the response evaluation of the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) by analyzing the thickness and post-contrast attenuation of the esophageal wall after the nCRT.

Keywords:

Attenuation
Carcinoma
Neoadjuvant therapy
Computed tomography
Cell
Radiology
Chemoradiotherapy
Esophageal wall
Medicine
Hepatology
multidetector computed tomography
diagnostic accuracy
Internal medicine
neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

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