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Cervical Cancer
Study data from Dokkyo University, Medical Department update understanding of cervical cancer
November 6th, 2008
"The purpose is to evaluate the accuracy of integrated FDG-PET/CT, compared with PET alone, for diagnosis of suspected recurrence of uterine cervical cancer. Fifty-two women who had undergone treatment for histopathologically proven cervical cancer received PET/CT with suspected recurrence," scientists writing in the journal European Radiology report. "PET-alone and integrated PET/CT images were evaluated by two different experienced radiologists by consensus for each investigation. A final diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology, radiological imaging, and clinical follow-up for over 1 year. based analysis showed that the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-06)
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