title: A comparative study of computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical staging for the detection of early cervix cancer.
abstract: Sixteen patients with cervical cancer underwent radical surgery following standard clinical staging, MRI, and CT. The sensitivity of the CT scan was 14%, the specificity 100%. MRI had a sensitivity of 28% and a specificity of 64%. The clinical stage was correct in 10 of 16 patients (62%). CT and MRI are not individually or collectively better than clinical staging in predicting extent of disease, and currently should not be included in the FIGO staging for cervix cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dottino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Plaxe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery