title: The reproductive tract.
abstract: Diagnostic imaging has played a major role in the evaluation of patients with the cancers of the reproductive tract. The imaging modalities have included ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, hysterosalpingography, and scintigraphy with radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies. Positron emission tomography (PET) with [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose also has been shown to be useful in the imaging evaluation of these patients. Clinical applications have included initial staging and posttherapy restaging of disease, detecting metastatic disease, differentiating posttherapy anatomic alterations from recurrent or residual disease, and predicting and evaluating treatment response. In this article, we review the diagnostic utility of dedicated PET and combined PET-computed tomography systems in the imaging assessment of reproductive tract malignancies (excluding prostate cancer) in both sexes with an emphasis on fluorodeoxyglucose applications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, Universuty of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jadvar
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18