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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
Role of PET/CT in ovarian cancer
Priyanka Prakash1, Carmel G Cronin, Michael A Blake
1Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, UsA.
Objective:
The purpose of this article is to review the role of FDG PET/CT in ovarian cancer, which is the leading cause of death among gynecologic cancers.
Conclusion:
FDG PET/CT can significantly modify the assessment of the extent of primary and recurrent ovarian cancer and, hence, often alters patient management substantially. FDG PET/CT has thus become a critical tool for the preoperative evaluation of women with primary ovarian cancer and for postoperative follow-up assessment for evidence of recurrence in these patients.
