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Irradiation of the cervix uteri: value of unenhanced and contrast-enhanced MR imaging
H Hricak1, P S Swift, Z Campos
1Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0628.
Purpose:
To analyze the value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging after radiation therapy for cancer of the cervix.
Materials And Methods:
Eighty-nine MR images were retrospectively studied in 69 patients aged 46.3 years +/- 11.5. MR findings of tumor recurrence and irradiation changes were correlated with time after radiation therapy; paracentral radiation dose (dose to point A); and in patients with pretreatment images, primary tumor size and stage.
Results:
Overall accuracy of MR in diagnosis of tumor recurrence was 78% (positive predictive value, 65%; negative predictive value, 97%). In MR examinations less than 6 months after the beginning of radiation therapy, accuracy (69%) and specificity (46%) were significantly lower than in examinations more than 6 months later (88%, P = .0032; 81%, P = .0166, respectively). Comparison of pre- and posttreatment MR findings and knowledge of stage or initial tumor size did not affect MR results.
Conclusion:
Overall, diagnosis was best with unenhanced T2-weighted images, but in patients with adnexal or pelvic sidewall recurrence and in patients with treatment complications (eg, fistula formation), contrast enhancement did help.
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