Prediction of tumor control in patients with cervical cancer: analysis of combined volume and dynamic enhancement pattern by MR imaging

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
N A MayrD H Hussey

Abstract

Quantitative analysis of either tumor volume or dynamic enhancement pattern using MR imaging has been reported as useful in the prediction of response to radiation therapy in cancer of the cervix. Because data for both analyses can be obtained in a single MR examination, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether combining both analyses can further improve the efficacy of using MR imaging to predict tumor control after radiation therapy. Twenty patients with bulky carcinomas of the cervix, stages bulky IB (n = 2), IIB (n = 6), IIIA (n = 1), IIIB (n = 9), IVA (n = 1), and recurrent (n = 1), were studied. Initial tumor volumes were calculated by outlining the area of tumor in each slice on T2-weighted images and multiplying by the slice profile. Two dynamic contrast-enhanced MR studies were obtained in each patient immediately before the start of radiation therapy and after 20-22 Gy in 2 weeks of radiation therapy. Dynamic enhancement imaging was performed at 3-sec intervals in the sagittal plane for 120 sec after rapid (9 ml/sec) i.v. injection of MR contrast agent (0.1 mmol/kg of gadoteridol) using a power injector. Time and signal intensity curves reflecting the relative signal intensity of contrast enhancement in the t...Continue Reading

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