Publications by authors named "Xin-Yue Yan"

Background Detection of extranodal extension (ENE) at pathology is a poor prognostic indicator for rectal cancer, but whether ENE can be identified at pretreatment MRI is, to the knowledge of the authors, unknown. Purpose To evaluate the performance of pretreatment MRI in detecting ENE using a matched pathologic reference standard and to assess its prognostic value in patients with rectal cancer. Materials and Methods This single-center study included a prospective development data set consisting of participants with rectal adenocarcinoma who underwent pretreatment MRI and radical surgery (December 2021 to January 2023).

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Background: To investigate the association between CT signs and clinicopathological features and disease recurrence in patients with hepatoid adenocarcinoma of stomach (HAS).

Methods: Forty nine HAS patients undergoing radical surgery were retrospectively collected. Association between CT and clinicopathological features and disease recurrence was analyzed.

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Aim: To assess the diagnostic efficacy in response evaluation of hypopharyngeal carcinoma (HPC) using different CT measurement methods.

Methods And Materials: One hundred and three patients with locally advanced HPC receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and radical radiotherapy (RT) were retrospectively enrolled. The long diameter, short diameter and largest axial area of the tumors and the largest metastatic cervical lymph node (LN) were measured before and after NACT, at the end of RT and 1 month after RT.

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