title: The role of imaging in the management of non-metastatic cervical cancer.
abstract: The role of the physician is to choose the best treatment in terms of survival benefits with the lowest toxicity. Surgery is indicated for early disease, but insufficient pretreatment evaluation may result in an unnecessary procedure or the need for adjuvant therapy. Appropriate imaging may aid in these decisions. Involvement of imaging in radiotherapy allows more accurate and localized irradiation. Confirmation of correct patient positioning is an integral part of radiotherapy, and in the era of modern imaging, newer image-guided techniques are used to ensure adequate positioning of the target. It seems that the evolution of radiotherapy in the era of advanced imaging and the field of adaptive radiotherapy in uterine cervical cancer is a result of the availability of these novel modalities. This review discusses the role of imaging in the treatment planning of cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, 31096, Haifa, Israel. o_person@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Orit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kaidar-Person
authors.forename: Roxolyana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bortnyak-Abdah
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amit
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berniger
authors.forename: Rahamim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben-Yosef
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuten
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*