title: Noninvasive and invasive staging of ovarian cancer: review of the literature.
abstract: The use of F-18 FDG PET/CT in the characterization of doubtful adnexal findings and in the staging of ovarian cancer is being extensively evaluated. The purpose of our article is to review the literature and to add our experience to the published works. We concluded that F-18 FDG PET/CT could represent an important method in addition to other imaging modalities (transvaginal ultrasound-, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography) in the characterization of adnexal masses and in the staging of ovarian cancer patients, particularly in assessing the presence of extra-abdominal metastatic spread.
authors: Service of Nuclear Medicine, Hematology-Oncology and Laboratory Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. chiara.fuccio@libero.it
authors: Chiara
authors: C
authors: Fuccio
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Castellucci
authors: Maria Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Marzola
authors: Adil
authors: A
authors: Al-Nahhas
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Fanti
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Rubello
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18