TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging in the 21st Century as Tools for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Invasive Cervical Carcinoma
AU - Wolfson, Aaron H.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - For over 4 decades, the delivery of definitive radiotherapy to patients with carcinoma of the cervix has involved both external beam and brachytherapy. Both of these therapeutic modalities have been traditionally linked to 2-dimensional radiographic guidance. Currently, the staging of these tumors still resides in clinical examinations and 2-dimensional diagnostic x-rays. Recently, there have been significant technological developments in imaging, namely magnetic resonance imaging and positron-emission tomography. These novel radiologic advances have subsequently led to a number of investigational studies, which in turn have shown a "paradigm shift" not only in the diagnosis but also in the radiation delivery used for patients with invasive carcinoma of the cervix.
AB - For over 4 decades, the delivery of definitive radiotherapy to patients with carcinoma of the cervix has involved both external beam and brachytherapy. Both of these therapeutic modalities have been traditionally linked to 2-dimensional radiographic guidance. Currently, the staging of these tumors still resides in clinical examinations and 2-dimensional diagnostic x-rays. Recently, there have been significant technological developments in imaging, namely magnetic resonance imaging and positron-emission tomography. These novel radiologic advances have subsequently led to a number of investigational studies, which in turn have shown a "paradigm shift" not only in the diagnosis but also in the radiation delivery used for patients with invasive carcinoma of the cervix.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33745269201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33745269201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.02.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 16814160
AN - SCOPUS:33745269201
VL - 16
SP - 186
EP - 191
JO - Seminars in Radiation Oncology
JF - Seminars in Radiation Oncology
SN - 1053-4296
IS - 3
ER -