Gynecology
FDG-PET employed in evaluation of vaginal carcinoma
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 11th, 2005
In a recent article published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, scientists in the United States conducted a study "to compare the results of CT and FDG-PET in the detection of the primary tumor and lymph node metastases in carcinoma of the vagina. This was a prospective registry study of 23 consecutive patients with carcinoma of the vagina, in which we respectively compared the results of CT and whole-body FDG-PET. The tumor was clinical Stage II in 16 patients, Stage III in 6, and Stage IVa in 1...
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