Stefania Rizzo, Giuseppina Calareso, Sara Maccagnoni, Salvatore Alessio Angileri, Fabio Landoni, Sara Raimondi, Elena Pasquali, Roberta Lazzari, Massimo Bellomi
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the MR measurement of minimum uninvolved cervical stroma and maximum stromal invasion, and the detection of positive lymph nodes with the pathological results. In addition, tumour type and grade were correlated with nodal status and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values. METHODS: Patients who underwent surgery and MR at our centre for early stage cervical cancer (FIGO IA1-IIB) were included. Data recorded included: age, date of MR, clinical FIGO (International Federation of Gynacology and Obstetrics) stage, histological type and grade, adjuvant therapy, pre-surgical conisation...
May 2014: European Journal of Radiology