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Cervical Cancer
Study results from Osaka University, Medical Department provide new insights into cervical cancer
June 16th, 2009
In this recent report published in the journal Radiology, researchers in Suita, Japan conducted a study "To prospectively evaluate the efficacy of 3.0-T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the preoperative staging of cervical carcinoma compared with that at 1.5-T imaging, with surgery and pathologic analysis as the reference standards. Institutional review board approval and informed consent were obtained." "Thirty-one consecutive patients (age range, 27-71 years; mean age, 51.1 years) underwent 3.0-and 1.5-T MR imaging. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed. Two radiologists independently evaluated images in terms of local-regional staging. MR...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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