Sample features of StageCRAFT

StageCRAFT is a FREE software tool created to speed up the process of staging common malignancies by Radiologists. Its purpose is to reduce the need to refer to books or rely on memory, thus reducing potential for error or inconsistency. In addition it can speed up the process of reporting CT, MRI and PETCT studies.

StageCRAFT uses the latest version (7) of the internationally recognised TNM system (effective from January 2010). Simple checkbox-clicking gives an instantaneous TNM stage and group stage.

The current version of StageCRAFT can be used for the following malignancies:

• Lung
• Oesophagus
• Endometrium
• Rectum
• Cervix
• Lymphoma
• Renal
• Bladder
• Prostate

In addition there are helpful anatomic diagrams including:

• Lymph node maps
• Liver segmentation
• In depth explanation & illustration of cervical lymph node “levels”
• In depth explanation & illustration of thoracic lymph node “stations”

Other features include:

• Mirels – a “ready reckoner” for assessing the risk of pathological fracture in a bone metastasis
• A list of “normal” lymph node sizes
• The Fleischner Society guidelines (2005) for the follow-up of lung nodules
• The Bosniak classification of cystic renal masses
• Useful website hyperlinks
• “Ready reckoners” for assessing the degree of response to treatment, using either the RECIST (1.1) or WHO criteria
• A calculator to assess the degree of contrast enhancement and washout of adrenal lesions on CT