HIV status does not have an impact on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) findings or radiotherapy treatment recommendations in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
Hannah SimondsMatthys Hendrik BothaAnnare EllmannJames WarwickAlex DoruyterAlfred I NeugutHaynes Van Der MerweJudith S JacobsonPublished in: International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society (2019)
We found no differences between HIV-positive or HIV-negative patients in nodal involvement or occult metastases, and PET-CT imaging did not lead to, or justify, treatment differences between the two groups. Future studies will evaluate survival and correlation of upstaging with outcome.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- positron emission tomography
- hiv positive
- computed tomography
- antiretroviral therapy
- men who have sex with men
- locally advanced
- south africa
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- squamous cell carcinoma
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pet imaging
- hiv aids
- radiation therapy
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- hepatitis c virus
- rectal cancer
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- combination therapy
- contrast enhanced
- clinical trial
- patient reported
- photodynamic therapy