Table 2 Comparison of MRI predicted stage and final histological stage in discussed patients

From: MRI directed multidisciplinary team preoperative treatment strategy: the way to eliminate positive circumferential margins?

MRI staging of patients with MDT discussion of MRI

T1–T2, T3 <5 mm, N0-1, CRM−ve

116 (59%)

T3 ⩾5 mm, T4, N2, CRM−ve

21 (11%)

CRM+ve

60 (30%)

Total

197

Final histological staging in resected patients with MDT discussion of MRI

T1–2, T3<5 mm, N0-1, CRM−ve

152 (77%)

T3⩾5 mm, T4, N2, CRM−ve

26 (13%)

CRM+ve

4 (2%)

Unresected patients

15 (8%)

Total

197

  1. MDT=multidisciplinary team; MRI=magnetic resonance imaging.