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Purpose <p>The diagnostic accuracy of conventional size-based evaluation on computed tomography (CT) is limited. We conducted this study to develop and validate a novel CT-based scoring system, integrating lymph node morphology, enhancement, size, and tumor laterality for the accurate preoperative assessment of lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients.</p> Methods <p>We analyzed a retrospective cohort of 145 patients who underwent curative colorectal cancer surgery with D3 lymph node dissection. Short-axis diameter, contrast enhancement, and margin irregularity of evaluable lymph nodes were assessed on preoperative CT images, and the largest lymph node in each patient was analyzed. Diameter-based and composite-based approaches were developed and validated using temporally separate cohorts. Diagnostic performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and other accuracy measures.</p> Results <p>In the derivation cohort, the composite-based approach showed superior performance to the diameter-based approach across all tumor locations (AUC 0.80 vs. 0.73), including right-sided (0.80 vs. 0.70) and left-sided colon cancers (0.84 vs. 0.77). Sensitivity and specificity further improved with laterality-adjusted scoring. These findings were confirmed in the validation cohort.</p> Conclusions <p>A laterality-specific scoring system integrating lymph node morphology, enhancement, and size may improve the preoperative diagnostic accuracy for identifying lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients.</p>

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Novel scoring system for the preoperative computed tomographic diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients

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    2026年5月26日

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  • Chieko Hotta,
  • Tatsuya Manabe,
  • Tomokazu Tanaka,
  • Takahiko Nakazono,
  • Ayako Takamori,
  • Hirokazu Noshiro

摘要

Purpose

The diagnostic accuracy of conventional size-based evaluation on computed tomography (CT) is limited. We conducted this study to develop and validate a novel CT-based scoring system, integrating lymph node morphology, enhancement, size, and tumor laterality for the accurate preoperative assessment of lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients.

Methods

We analyzed a retrospective cohort of 145 patients who underwent curative colorectal cancer surgery with D3 lymph node dissection. Short-axis diameter, contrast enhancement, and margin irregularity of evaluable lymph nodes were assessed on preoperative CT images, and the largest lymph node in each patient was analyzed. Diameter-based and composite-based approaches were developed and validated using temporally separate cohorts. Diagnostic performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and other accuracy measures.

Results

In the derivation cohort, the composite-based approach showed superior performance to the diameter-based approach across all tumor locations (AUC 0.80 vs. 0.73), including right-sided (0.80 vs. 0.70) and left-sided colon cancers (0.84 vs. 0.77). Sensitivity and specificity further improved with laterality-adjusted scoring. These findings were confirmed in the validation cohort.

Conclusions

A laterality-specific scoring system integrating lymph node morphology, enhancement, and size may improve the preoperative diagnostic accuracy for identifying lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer patients.