Early Cervical Cancer: Predictive Relevance of Preoperative 3-Tesla Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 5

Incidence of staging errors.

MRI Stage	Errors and incidence with a comparison of MRI stage to surgico-pathologic stage
T0(57 patients)
Understaged (26:46%)	T1b1: Tumor confined to the cervix or microscopic lesion greater than T1a1/a2, in greatest dimension (26)
T1b (139 patients)
Understaged (18:13%)	T2a1: Cervical carcinoma invades beyond uterus but not to pelvic wall or to lower third of vagina, ≤4 cm in greatest dimension (1)
	T2a2: Cervical carcinoma invades beyond uterus but not to pelvic wall or to lower third of vagina > 4.0 cm in greatest dimension (1)
	T2b: Tumor with parametrial invasion (16)
Overstaged (3:2%)	T0b1: After a positive biopsy for infiltrating carcinoma, no tumor was found in the cervix in the surgical specimen (3)
T2a (10 patients)
Understaged (2:20%)	T2b: Tumor with parametrial invasion (2)
Overstaged (7:70%)	T1b1: Tumor limited to cervix or microscopic lesion greater than T1a1/a2, ≤ 4.0 cm in greatest dimension (6)
	T1b2: Tumor limited to cervix or microscopic lesion greater than T1a1/a2, > 4.0 cm in great dimension (1)
T2b (54 patients)
Overstaged (25:46%)	T1b1: Tumor limited to cervix, ≤ 4.0 cm or less in greatest dimension (11)
	T1b2: Tumor limited to cervix, > 4.0 cm in great dimension (11)
	T2a1: Cervical carcinoma invades beyond uterus but not to pelvic wall or to lower third of vagina, ≤4 cm in greatest dimension (3)