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Impact of neuroradiologist second opinion on staging and management of head and neck cancer. | LitMetric

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study examines the effects of second opinions by neuroradiologists on imaging studies of head and neck cancer patients coming from outside referral centers.
  • Out of 94 cases reviewed, 56% had changes in cancer staging and 38% had changes in management plans after the second opinion.
  • The accuracy of the second opinion was high, matching the pathologic gold standard in 93% of surgical cases, indicating significant impacts on patient care.

Article Abstract

Objective: Patients with head and neck cancer frequently present to academic tertiary referral centers with imaging studies that have been performed and interpreted elsewhere. At our institution, these outside head and neck imaging studies undergo formal second opinion reporting by a fellowship-trained academic neuroradiologist with expertise in head and neck imaging. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of this practice on cancer staging and patient management.

Methods: Our institutional review board approved the retrospective review of randomized original and second opinion reports for 94 consecutive cases of biopsy proven or clinically suspected head and neck cancer in calendar year 2010. Discrepancy rates for staging and recommended patient management were calculated and, for the 32% (30/94) of cases that subsequently went to surgery, the accuracies of the reports were determined relative to the pathologic staging gold standard.

Results: Following neuroradiologist second opinion review, the cancer stage changed in 56% (53/94) of cases and the recommended management changed in 38% (36/94) of patients with head and neck cancer. When compared to the pathologic staging gold standard, the second opinion was correct 93% (28/30) of the time.

Conclusion: In a majority of patients with head and neck cancer, neuroradiologist second opinion review of their outside imaging studies resulted in an accurate change in their cancer stage and this frequently led to a change in their management plan.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680178PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1916-0216-42-39DOI Listing

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