SUVmax of (18)FDG PET/CT as a predictor of high-risk endometrial cancer patients

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  • Sofie Leisby Antonsen
  • Annika Loft
  • Rune Vincents Fisker
  • Anne Lerberg Nielsen
  • Erik Søgaard Andersen
  • Estrid Høgdall
  • Tabor, Ann
  • Kirsten Væver Jochumsen
  • Carsten L Fagö-Olsen
  • Jon Asmussen
  • Anne Kiil Berthelsen
  • Ib Jarle Christensen
  • Høgdall, Claus Kim
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate SUVmax in the assessment of endometrial cancer preoperatively with particular focus on myometrial invasion (MI), cervical invasion (CI), FIGO stage, risk-stratification and lymph node metastases (LNM). METHODS: A total of 268 women with endometrial cancer or atypical endometrial hyperplasia underwent FDG PET/CT imaging before surgical treatment. SUVmax of the primary tumour was compared with histological prognostic factors. RESULTS: SUVmax was significantly higher in patients with high FIGO stages (p
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Gynecologic Oncology Nursing
ISSN1536-9935
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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