Table 5 The table shows the high accuracy (92%) of MR for nodal metastasis: 2 cases were overstaged ( N1 stage rather than N0) and 1 in case MR did not reveal any nodal involvement whereas histology reported N1
From: Preoperative rectal cancer staging with phased-array MR
AP | N0 | N1 | N2 | N3 | TOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MR | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
N0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
N1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
N2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
N3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOT | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 45 / 48 |