When less is more: regarding the use of chest X-ray instead of computed tomography in screening for pulmonary metastasis in postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
Antonio Rodrigues Braga NetoKevin Meyer EliasNeil Stuart HorowitzRoss Stuart BerkowitzPublished in: British journal of cancer (2021)
We discuss the use of chest computed tomography (CT) in the initial screening for gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) metastases. Chest CT does not influence overall treatment outcome or the time to remission. We endorse the FIGO recommendation for the screening of GTN metastases should be done with chest X-ray.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- weight gain
- contrast enhanced
- pregnant women
- high grade
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- pulmonary hypertension
- birth weight
- pregnancy outcomes
- weight loss
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- magnetic resonance
- ulcerative colitis
- preterm birth