Journal of the National Cancer Institute
News brief: Contrast agent with MRI improves detection of lymph nodes metastases
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, February 15th, 2010
Addition of the contrast agent gadolinium during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for primary tumor assessment improved accuracy for detecting lymph node metastases, according to a new study published online February 1 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI is primarily used to visualize primary tumors, highlight tumor vascularity, and increasingly to detect and evaluate lymph node metastases. In light of this systematic review, the authors recommend that contrast highlighting be included as a malignancy criterion when this agent is used for primary tumor visualization.
Wenche M. Klerkx, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Gynecology and...
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