Standardised reports with a template format are superior to free text reports: the case for rectal cancer reporting in clinical practice.
Purpose: Rectal cancer staging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows accurate assessment and preoperative staging of rectal cancers. Therefore, complete MRI reports are vital to treatment planning. Significant variability may exist in their content and completeness. Template-style reporting c...
| Publicado en: | European Radiology Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 5121 - 5129 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Sep2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=137908410&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 137908410 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09387994 NPH jtl: European Radiology issn: 09387994 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2019 vid: 29 iid: 9 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 137908410 137908410 NLM30796574 137908410 10.1007/s00330-019-06028-8 NLM30796574 137908410 ppf: 5121 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Standardised reports with a template format are superior to free text reports: the case for rectal cancer reporting in clinical practice. aug: au: Brown, P. J. Rossington, H. Taylor, J. Lambregts, D. M. J. Morris, E. West, N. P. Quirke, P. Tolan, D. affil: Department of Clinical Radiology, Lincoln Wing, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, LS9 7TF, Leeds, UK sug: subj: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods Rectal Neoplasms Diagnosis Quality Improvement Coding Standards Neoplasm Staging Methods Weights and Measures Human Validation Studies Comparative Studies Evaluation Research Multicenter Studies Funding Source ab: Purpose: Rectal cancer staging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows accurate assessment and preoperative staging of rectal cancers. Therefore, complete MRI reports are vital to treatment planning. Significant variability may exist in their content and completeness. Template-style reporting can improve reporting standards, but its use is not widespread. Given the implications for treatment, we have evaluated current clinical practice amongst specialist gastrointestinal (GI) radiologists to measure the quality of rectal cancer staging MRI reports.Materials and Methods: Sixteen United Kingdom (UK) colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary teams (CRC-MDTs) serving a population over 5 million were invited to submit up to 10 consecutive rectal cancer primary staging MRI reports from January 2016 for each radiologist participating in the CRC-MDT. Reports were compared to a reference standard based on recognised staging and prognostic factors influencing case management RESULTS: Four hundred ten primary staging reports were submitted from 41 of 42 (97.6%) eligible radiologists. Three hundred sixty reports met the inclusion criteria, of these, 81 (22.5%) used a template. Template report usage significantly increased recording of key data points versus non-template reports for extra-mural venous invasion (EMVI) status (98.8% v 51.6%, p < 0.01) and circumferential resection margin (CRM) status (96.3% v 65.9%, p < 0.01). Local tumour stage (97.5% v 93.5%, NS) and nodal status (98.8% v 96.1%, NS) were reported and with similar frequency.Conclusion: Rectal cancer primary staging reports do not meet published standards. Template-style reports have significant increases in the inclusion of key tumour descriptors. This study provides further support for their use to improve reporting standards and outcomes in rectal cancer.Key Points: • MRI primary staging of rectal cancer requires detailed tumour descriptions as these alter the neoadjuvant and surgical treatments. • Currently, rectal cancer MRI reports in clinical practice do not provide sufficient detail on these tumour descriptors. • The use of template-style reports for primary staging of rectal cancer significantly improves report quality compared to free-text reports. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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