Preoperative PET/CT does not accurately detect extrauterine disease in patients with newly diagnosed high-risk endometrial cancer: A prospective study.

Katherine Ikard StewartBeth ChasenWilliam ErwinNicole FlemingShannon N WestinShayan DiounMichael FrumovitzPedro T RamirezKaren H LuFranklin WongThomas A AloiaPamela T Soliman

Published in: Cancer (2019)

Preoperative PET/CT did not reliably predict the presence of extrauterine disease in women with high-risk endometrial cancer. Given the high false-negative rates, PET/CT should not be used in the preoperative treatment planning of these patients.

Keyphrases

pet ct
endometrial cancer
newly diagnosed
patients undergoing
positron emission tomography
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
computed tomography