Incidence of suspicious axillary lymph node involvement in fluorine-18 fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in gynecologic cancers.
Jalal RaoufiSerhan Can IscanCandost HanedanEmine Elif OzkanSevim Süreyya ÇerçiEbru ErdemoğluEvrim ErdemoğluPublished in: Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology (2018)
Our study shows that an important ratio (14-21%) of patients with gynecologic cancer has suspicious axillary lymph nodes. Increased SUVmax, particularly above 3, might be used as an indication for axillary biopsy and may help to identify secondary metastatic cancer.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- papillary thyroid
- pet imaging
- pet ct
- fine needle aspiration
- squamous cell
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ultrasound guided
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- childhood cancer
- endometrial cancer
- risk factors
- blood pressure
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- metabolic syndrome
- early stage
- dual energy
- radiation therapy
- type diabetes