Structured reporting of neuroendocrine tumors in PET/CT using [18F]SiTATE - impact on interdisciplinary communication

Hinterberger, Anna; Trupka, Lukas; Kortbein, Sophia; Ebner, Ricarda ; Fink, Nicola ; Froelich, Matthias F.; Nörenberg, Dominik; Wängler, Carmen; Wängler, Björn; Schirrmacher, Ralf; Holzgreve, Adrien ; Brendel, Matthias ; Corradini, Stefanie ; Auernhammer, Christoph J.; Rübenthaler, Johannes und Grawe, Freba (2025): Structured reporting of neuroendocrine tumors in PET/CT using [18F]SiTATE - impact on interdisciplinary communication. In: Scientific Reports, Bd. 15, 4793

Abstract

Our retrospective single-center study aims to evaluate the impact of structured reporting (SR) using a self-developed template on report quality compared to free-text reporting (FTR) in [18F]SiTATE Positron Emission Tomography/Computer Tomography (PET/CT) for the primary staging and therapy monitoring of patients diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors (NET). In total 50 patients were included. FTRs and SRs were generated post-examination. All reports were evaluated by a radiologist and a surgeon through a questionnaire to determine their contribution to facilitating clinical decision-making and to assess their completeness, linguistic quality, and overall quality. SR significantly increased the capacity of facilitating therapy decision-making from 32% in FTR to 55% in SR (p < 0.001). Trust in the report was significantly higher in SR with a mean of 5.0 (SD = 0.5) vs. 4.7 (SD = 0.5) for FTR (p < 0.001). SR received significantly higher mean ratings regarding linguistic quality with 4.7 for SR vs. 4.4 for FTR (p = 0.004) and overall report quality with a mean of 4.9 for SR vs. 4.6 for FTR (p < 0.001). Concluding that SR enhances the overall quality of reports in [18F]SiTATE-PET/CTs for NET staging, serving as a tool to streamline clinical decision-making and enhance interdisciplinary communication in the future.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin > Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) ; Medizin > Klinikum der LMU München > Klinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral-, Gefäß- und Transplantationschirurgie ; Medizin > Klinikum der LMU München > Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV (Endokrinologie, Nephrologie, weitere Sektionen) ; Medizin > Klinikum der LMU München > Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin ; Medizin > Klinikum der LMU München > Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie ; Medizin > Klinikum der LMU München > Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 2045-2322
• Sprache: Englisch
• DFG: Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 390857198