Application of PET/MRI in Gynecologic Malignancies

Sheida Ebrahimi; Elin Lundström; Summer J. Batasin; Elisabeth Hedlund; Karin Stålberg; Eric C. Ehman; Vipul R. Sheth; Negaur Iranpour; Stephane Loubrie; Alexandra Schlein; Rebecca Rakow-Penner

doi:10.3390/cancers16081478

Cancers (Apr 2024)

Application of PET/MRI in Gynecologic Malignancies

Sheida Ebrahimi,
Elin Lundström,
Summer J. Batasin,
Elisabeth Hedlund,
Karin Stålberg,
Eric C. Ehman,
Vipul R. Sheth,
Negaur Iranpour,
Stephane Loubrie,
Alexandra Schlein,
Rebecca Rakow-Penner

Affiliations

Sheida Ebrahimi: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Elin Lundström: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Summer J. Batasin: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Elisabeth Hedlund: Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Karin Stålberg: Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Eric C. Ehman: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Vipul R. Sheth: Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
Negaur Iranpour: Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
Stephane Loubrie: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Alexandra Schlein: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Rebecca Rakow-Penner: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16081478
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 8
p. 1478

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The diagnosis, treatment, and management of gynecologic malignancies benefit from both positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and MRI. PET/CT provides important information on the local extent of disease as well as diffuse metastatic involvement. MRI offers soft tissue delineation and loco-regional disease involvement. The combination of these two technologies is key in diagnosis, treatment planning, and evaluating treatment response in gynecological malignancies. This review aims to assess the performance of PET/MRI in gynecologic cancer patients and outlines the technical challenges and clinical advantages of PET/MR systems when specifically applied to gynecologic malignancies.

Published in Cancers

ISSN: 2072-6694 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/

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