title: MR imaging of female pelvic malignancies.
abstract: This article reviews the most common gynecologic malignancies and their MR imaging features. The overall goal remains early disease detection and accurate staging to optimize treatment and thereby to reduce morbidity and mortality. MR imaging, when available, may play an important role in the accurate staging and evaluation of female pelvic malignancies and, thus, may become part of their routine investigation. In the authors' experience, MR imaging has proven useful in the preoperative evaluation of these malignancies. With ongoing research into imaging protocols designed to improve image quality and reduce examination time, the importance of MR imaging will continue to grow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, McGill University Health Centre-Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Audet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pressacco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reinhold
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis