Prognostic values of ADCmean and SUVmax of the primary tumour in cervical cancer patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy.

This study demonstrated that the functional biomarkers delivered from PET-CT and DW-MRI are important in predicting the treatment outcomes in the squamous cell carcinoma of cervix treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy, where clinical and radiological findings are very important, since these patients are not staged surgically. What are the implications of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? Based on these findings, there may be a future role of DW-MRI and FDG/PET-CT not only in the staging of cervical cancer but as an aid in the selection of an adjuvant treatment regimen after chemoradiotherapy (ChRT) for individual patients. PMID: 30354907 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Category: OBGYN Tags: J Obstet Gynaecol Source Type: research