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. 2019 Apr 26;11:3603–3609. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S197496

Table 3.

The impact of MRI on clinical stage

Clinical stage MRI combined clinical stage Stage comparison N (%)
IB1 IB2 IIA1 IIA2 IIB IIIB IVA Same stage Upstaging Understaging
IB1 545 55 44 7 26 2 2 545(80.0) 136(20.0) 0
IB2 17 17 3 7 6 0 1 17(33.3) 17(33.3) 17(33.3)
IIA1 178 28 41 3 14 1 2 41(15.4) 20(7.0) 206(77.6)
IIA2 5 6 0 4 2 0 0 4(23.5) 2(11.8) 11(64.7)
Total - - - - - - - 607(59.7) 175(17.2) 234(23.0)

Abbreviation: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.