PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 144-148.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2018.02.011

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Advantages and prospects of PET/CT in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer

GONG Wei1, Md Tofiz Uddin1, LU Peiou1, YU Lijuan1,2   

  1. 1.Department of PET/CT,Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital,Harbin 150081,China;
    2.Department of Nuclear Medicine,Hainan Cancer Hospital,Hainan 570000,China
  • Received:2017-10-23 Online:2018-04-28 Published:2018-05-09

Abstract: Endometrial cancer is one of three major gynecological malignancies.When compared with the traditional imaging methods,PET/CT combines the characteristics of anatomy and molecular imaging.In this paper,we describe its advantages in detection of metastatic lymph nodes,monitoring of disease recurrence and prognosis.The complementary effect is compared between PET and CT with MRI.With the development of new tracer and PET/MRI technology,the application of PET/CT is more extensive.

Key words: Endometrial cancer, Recurrence, Metastasis, Prognosis

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