title: Management of epithelial ovarian cancer from diagnosis to restaging: an overview of the role of imaging techniques with particular regard to the contribution of 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is a major form of cancer affecting women in the western world. The silent nature of this disease results in late presentation at an advanced stage in many patients. It is therefore important to assess the role of imaging techniques in the management of these patients. This article presents a review of the literature on the role of (18)F-FDG-PET/CT in the different stages of management of epithelial ovarian cancer. Moreover, a comparison with other imaging techniques has been made and the relationship between (18)F-PET/CT and the assay of serum CA-125 levels has been discussed.
authors.affiliation: aService of Nuclear Medicine, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna bDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT Centre, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy cDepartment of Radiology, Los Angeles University, Los Angeles, California, USA dImaging Sciences Unit, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham eDepartment of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musto
authors.forename: Gaia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grassetto
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampin
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chondrogiannis
authors.forename: Anna Margherita
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Maffione
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Colletti
authors.forename: Alan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fagioli
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubello
mesh_terms: D000077216:Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18