Abstract
To evaluate the role of pelvic MR imaging in differentiating between low rectal and anal cancers using the pathological results as the gold standard. In this study, retrospective analysis of 100 patients with a history of low rectal (n = 50) or anal (n = 50) cancers who underwent staging pelvic MR imaging before treatment was performed. The following parameters were analyzed: distance from the anal verge to the tumor, percentage of tumor above puborectalis muscle, tumor size, T2W signal intensity, sphincter/levator muscles invasion, organ invasion, and MRI diagnosis. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine factors associated with low rectal and anal cancers. Distances from the anal verge to the tumor were compared using receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves. From the ROC curves, the cut-off value for the distance from the anal verge to the tumor in differentiating between low rectal and anal cancers was 2.1 cm and the area under the ROC curve was 0.90 (95% CI 0.84-0.97). Multivariate logistic regression revealed three significant factors in differentiating between low rectal and anal cancers, including T2 mixed hyper- and hyposignal intensity (OR 66.00, 95% CI 4.66-934.81), distance cut-off value (...Continue Reading
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