Diagnosing, Staging and Stratifying Patients with Malignant Uterine Disease
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Cross-sectional imaging can play an important role in the pretreatment evaluation of gynecologic cancer patients. In cancer of the uterus, cross-sectional imaging offers an assessment of morphologic prognostic factors, including tumor size, depth of penetration, stage of disease, and lymph node status. Imaging should be viewed as a complementary tool rather than as competitive with the other methods of tumor evaluation (e.g., clinical or surgical assessment).
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