Pretreatment metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis are not independent prognosticators for locally advanced cervical cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy.

CONCLUSION: Although, metabolic parameters derived from FDG-PET/CT had a prognostic significance in univariate analysis, the significance was lost in multivariate analysis. Advances in knowledge: The clinical benefit of using FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters to evaluate the high risk patients among cervical cancer patients and to eventually change patient management still needs further clarification. PMID: 29293366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research