Chung HW, Chung JB, Park SW, Song SY, Kang JK, Park CI. Comparison of hydrocolonic sonograpy accuracy in preoperative staging between colon and rectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(8): 1157-1161 [PMID: 15069717 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i8.1157]
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Jae Bock Chung, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, C.P.O Box 8044, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea. jbchung@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
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Colorectal Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 15, 2004; 10(8): 1157-1161 Published online Apr 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i8.1157
Table 1 Characteristics of the patients (n = 30)
Colon cancer (n = 17)
Rectal cancer (n = 13)
P value
Sex
NS
Male
9
7
Female
8
6
Age
NS
Median (range)
52 (37-68)
56 (43-75)
Size
NS
Mean (range)
5.76 (3-9)
5.8 (3-9)
Time intervals to operation day
NS
Median (range)
4 (3-7)
5 (3-9)
Failure to passage of colonoscopy
7
1
NS
Shape
NS
Polypoid
4
3
Ulcerative
2
2
Ulcerofungating
4
4
Ulceroinfiltrative
7
4
Site
Rectum
-
13
Sigmoid colon
4
-
Descending colon
1
-
Transverse colon
6
-
Ascending colon
6
-
Table 2 Comparison of hydrocolonic sonography accuracy in depth of invasion between colon and rectal cancers (P = 0.038)
PathologicDiagnosis
Colon cancer
Accuracy (%)
Rectal cancer
Accuracy (%)
T1
T2
T3
T4
T1
T2
T3
T4
T1
1
1/1 (100)
1
0/1 (0.0)
T2
1
0/1 (0.0)
2
1
2/3 (66.7)
T3
1
14
14/15 (93)
3
4
1
4/8 (50.0)
T4
0/0
1
1/1 (100)
Total
2
1
14
15/17 (88)
5
6
2
6/13 (46.2)
Table 3 Comparison of the accuracy of CT in depth of invasion (P = 0.048)
PathologicDiagnosis
Colon cancer
Accuracy (%)
Rectal cancer
Accuracy (%)
T1
T2
T3
T4
T1
T2
T3
T4
T1
1
0/1 (0.0)
1
0/1 (0.0)
T2
1
1/1 (100)
1
2
1/3 (33.3)
T3
4
10
1
10/15 (66.7)
1
5
2
5/8 (62.5)
T4
0
0
0/0 (0.0)
1
0/1 (0.0)
Total
0
6
10
1
11/17 (64.7)
2
9
2
6/13 (46.2)
Table 4 Comparison of the accuracy of hydrocolonic sonography in lymph node metastasis between colon and rectal cancers (P = 0.183)
PathologicDiagnosis
Colon cancer
Rectal cancer
n (-)
n (+)
n (-)
n (+)
N (-)
8
1
4
5
N (+)
4
4
2
2
Total
12
5
6
7
Accuracy (%)
12/17 (70.6)
6/13 (46.2)
Table 5 Comparison of the accuracy of CT in lymph node metastasis (P = 0.275)
PathologicDiagnosis
Colon cancer
Rectal cancer
n (-)
n (+)
n (-)
n (+)
N (-)
8
1
5
4
N (+)
3
5
2
2
Total
12
5
7
6
Accuracy (%)
13/17 (76.5)
7/13 (53.8)
Citation: Chung HW, Chung JB, Park SW, Song SY, Kang JK, Park CI. Comparison of hydrocolonic sonograpy accuracy in preoperative staging between colon and rectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(8): 1157-1161