Positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for assessing tumour resectability in advanced epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Studies suggested a high specificity and moderate sensitivity for FDG-PET/CT and MRI to assess macroscopic incomplete debulking. However, the certainty of the evidence was insufficient to advise routine addition of FDG-PET/CT or MRI to clinical practice..In a research setting, adding an alternative imaging method could be considered for women identified as suitable for primary debulking by abdominal CT, in an attempt to filter out false-negatives (i.e. debulking, feasible based on abdominal CT, unfeasible at actual surgery).
PMID: 30298516 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - October 8, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Roze JF, Hoogendam JP, van de Wetering FT, Spijker R, Verleye L, Vlayen J, Veldhuis WB, Scholten RJ, Zweemer RP Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research