Gynecologic tumors: how to communicate imaging results to the surgeon

Cancer Imaging. 2013 Dec 30;13(4):611-25. doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2013.0054.

Abstract

Gynecologic cancers are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for female patients, with an estimated 88,750 new cancer cases and 29,520 deaths in the United States in 2012. To offer the best treatment options to patients it is important that the radiologist, surgeon, radiation oncologist, and gynecologic oncologist work together with a multidisciplinary approach. Using the available diagnostic imaging modalities, the radiologist must give appropriate information to the surgeon in order to plan the best surgical approach and its timing.

MeSH terms

  • Communication
  • Female
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female / diagnosis*
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female / pathology
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Preoperative Care
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed