Diagnostic efficiency of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/MRI, MRI alone, and SUV and ADC values in staging of primary uterine cervical cancer.

Aida SteinerSara NarvaIrina Rinta-KiikkaSakari HietanenJohanna HynninenJohanna Virtanen

Published in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2021)

PET/MRI shows higher accuracy than MRI alone for determining local tumor spread and distant metastasis emphasizing the added value of PET over MRI alone in staging of cervical cancer. Tumor SUVmax/ADC ratio may predict pelvic nodal involvement.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted imaging
pet ct
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
diffusion weighted
lymph node
positron emission tomography
pet imaging
radiation therapy