Whole-body positron emission tomography scans completed 3 months after cervical cancer treatment predict outcome, a new study shows.

PET, however, does have a limit of detection, and it will miss tumor-containing lymph nodes if the number of cancer cells is too low. PET scans also provide images of the entire body, says Grigsby.

To enable region specific comparisons, PALN and PLN were divided into eight regions: both PALN, both common iliac areas, both external iliac areas, and both internal iliac/obturator areas. Each lymph ...

A preoperative whole-body PET-CT scan revealed what appeared to be cancer spread in the left and right iliac lymph nodes, the team reports. The patient then underwent surgery for the cervical ...

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Whole-body PET scans done three months after completion of cervical cancer therapy can ensure that patients are disease-free or warn that further interventions are needed, according to a new study.

"In 1999, we began publishing papers showing that PET scans picked up more cancerous lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer," Grigsby says. PET scans and CT scans have different methods of ...

These areas follow the path taken by cervical cancer as it advances. PET scans confirmed the presence of a cervical tumor in 100 of the 101 women, while CT scans identified only 77.

BALTIMORE -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced expanded coverage of PET scans for Medicare patients suspected of having most cancers.

In early-stage cervical cancer, the incidence of pelvic lymph node metastasis is approximately 10% 14; therefore, if the SLN is negative, 90% of patients can avoid a full pelvic lymphadenectomy and ...