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Published on: August 19, 2021
MRI for pretreatment lymph node staging in uterine cervical cancer
Hyuck Jae Choi1, Seung Hyup Kim, San-Soo Seo
1Department of Radiology, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu 1-dong, Ilsan-gu, Koyang, Kyonggi, Korea 411-769.
Objective:
The purpose of this article is to assess the accuracy of MRI in detecting pelvic and paraaortic lymph node metastasis from uterine cervical cancer using various imaging criteria.
Conclusion:
Although MRI analysis resulted in relatively low sensitivity, size and margin (spiculated or lobulated) were useful criteria for predicting lymph node metastasis from cervical cancer.
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