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Editorial
. 2008 Jan 23;8(1):1-5.
doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.0001.

MR staging of endometrial cancer: needed or wanted?

John A Spencer, Christina Messiou, Sarah E Swift
Editorial

MR staging of endometrial cancer: needed or wanted?

John A Spencer et al. Cancer Imaging. .
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Figure 1
Corresponding MR staging images of a post-menopausal woman with newly diagnosed G2 endometrial cancer: (a) sagittal T2W showing an ill-defined junctional zone but expansion of the anterior wall; (b) sagittal DCEMR showing the depth of tumour invasion. Surgical pathology confirmed stage IC disease with invasion to within 3.8 mm of the serosa as predicted by MR imaging (to within 4 mm). Note that the signal characteristics of the cervix are similar to tumour on the DCEMR image.
<i>Figure 2</i>
Figure 2
Axial images of post-menopausal woman with a distended endometrial cavity, indistinct junctional zone, large posterior wall fibroid and bulky left ovary: (a) T2W; (b) DCEMR showing no significant muscle invasion but an enlarged enhancing left ovary which was involved by endometrial cancer at surgical pathology.
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