Occurrence of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with rectal cancer undergoing staging pelvic MRI: clinical observations.

Objectives: Describe the cumulative incidence (CUIN) of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) and survival in patients presenting with advanced rectal cancer at staging pelvic MRI.

Methods: From 2013 to 2018, clinicopathologic records of patients with pretreatment rectal MRI clinical (c)T3c, cT3d, cT4a, and cT4b primary rectal adenocarcinoma were retrospectively reviewed by two radiologists. Standard MRI descriptors and pathologic stages were recorded.

Pre-treatment CT imaging in stage IIIA lung cancer: Can we predict local recurrence after definitive chemoradiotherapy?

Objectives: The aim of this study was to delineate computed tomography (CT) features of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancers on pre-treatment staging studies and identify features that could predict local recurrence after definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed pre- and post-treatment CT scans for 91 patients with Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer undergoing definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Pre-treatment CT qualitative features were evaluated by consensus.

Benign Posttraumatic Pseudopneumoperitoneum.

Objective: The objective of our study was to retrospectively determine the anatomic distribution of chest wall ectopic gas resembling pneumoperitoneum (i.e., pseudopneumoperitoneum) and its relationship with trauma mechanisms and clinical outcomes using CT.

Sickness presenteeism in a New Zealand hospital.

Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of hospital clinical staff to acute personal illness.

Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was developed. Four hundred clinical staff employed by the district health board (DHB) who met the inclusion criteria who were randomly selected.