Role of PET/CT in gynecological tumors based on the revised FIGO staging classification

Tetsuya Tsujikawa; Tatsuro Tsuchida; Yoshio Yoshida; Tetsuji Kurokawa; Yasushi Kiyono; Hidehiko Okazawa; Hirohiko Kimura

doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31821c9a9a

Role of PET/CT in gynecological tumors based on the revised FIGO staging classification

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Sep;36(9):e114-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31821c9a9a.

Authors

Tetsuya Tsujikawa¹, Tatsuro Tsuchida, Yoshio Yoshida, Tetsuji Kurokawa, Yasushi Kiyono, Hidehiko Okazawa, Hirohiko Kimura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Biomedical Imaging Research Center, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan. awaji@u-fukui.ac.jp

PMID: 21825837
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31821c9a9a

Abstract

FDG PET/CT imaging offers important information for the pre-, intra-, and postoperative management of gynecologic tumors. A review of FDG PET/CT imaging for the diagnosis of gynecologic tumors based on the revised International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging classification is presented.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female / diagnostic imaging*
Genital Neoplasms, Female / pathology*
Humans
Multimodal Imaging*
Neoplasm Staging
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*