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Of 43 rectal carcinomas, initially presumed to be modified Dukes' stage A or B-1, 42 were examined with computed tomography (CT) prior to endocavitary treatment or surgery in 40 cases. The CT correctly showed 28 patients to have early stages and incorrectly showed 2 to have perirectal extension. Three patients had anal neoplasms. The remaining 10 patients had disease stage B-2 or higher and CT was not good for staging them. A CT scan can fairly accurately stage rectal carcinomas stage A and B-l grouped together, and is doing better in predicting the prognosis than digital palpation when histologic sections show well or moderately well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
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Göthlin, J.H., Lerner, R.M., Gadeholt, G. et al. CT staging of early rectal carcinoma. Gastrointest Radiol 12, 253–256 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01885154
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