Pelvic CT in patients with esophageal cancer.
OBJECTIVE
Our aim was to determine whether pelvic CT scans reveal clinically relevant information that would change treatment in the initial or follow-up radiologic examination of patients with esophageal cancer.


CONCLUSIONS
We observed that the addition of pelvic CT to 201 examinations of the chest and abdomen had a minimal effect on patient treatment. No pelvic examination changed the cancer stage, but three pelvic CT scans in three patients (3%) altered treatment.
Gollub
Marc J
MJ
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA. gollubm@mskcc.org
Lefkowitz
Robert
R
Moskowitz
Chaya S
CS
Ilson
David
D
Kelsen
David
D
Felderman
Howard
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed