Sentence examples for staging examination from inspiring English sources

The first staging examination, a c.e.CT, showed a neck paramedian right lesion presenting an intense contrast enhancement (measuring 18 × 8 mm), contralateral confluent lymph nodes compressing the jugular vein and ipsilateral small lymph nodes, of unclear nature.

Allum et al. [ 4] did not recommend bone scan as initial staging examination in current protocols.

The staging examination, angiography and restaging are shown in Fig.  2a, d and Supplementary Fig.  4.

Future development may see MR imaging of the pelvis and whole spine as a baseline staging examination.

MR imaging is recommended as a pre-surgical staging examination for women with newly diagnosed endometrial cancer based on meta-analysis and cost analysis[ 1, 2 ].

Overall survival was measured from the first day of treatment to the last documented staging examination, i.e. the date last seen.

In the near future, further research on staging examinations, immunohistochemistry, hormone receptor staining and tumor markers may aid in understanding occult tumor characteristics and lead to the most appropriate therapies on an individual basis.

A binary null hypothesis was drafted: 1) imaging staging examinations do not augment knowledge about the comorbidity status of patients with OSCC and 2) there is no difference between PET/CT and ceCT in this regard.

This study evaluated the role of imaging staging examinations (positron-emission tomographic computed tomography [PET/CT] and contrast-enhanced computed tomography [ceCT]) for the assessment of the comorbidity status of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

This may include the use of relevant tumor markers or more frequent staging examinations.

Most work has looked at initial staging examinations rather than in treatment response assessment.