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. 2022 Nov 9:12:1020907.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1020907. eCollection 2022.

Imaging hypoxia in endometrial cancer: How and why should it be done?

Nandita M deSouza  1   2 , Ananya Choudhury  3   4 , Mel Greaves  5 , James P B O'Connor  1   2   4 , Peter J Hoskin  4   6
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Imaging hypoxia in endometrial cancer: How and why should it be done?

Nandita M deSouza et al. Front Oncol. .
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Keywords: endometrial cancer; hypoxia; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); molecular subtypes; oxygen-enhanced MRI.

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Diagnostic and management pathway for patients with endometrial cancer. Current diagnostic tests are shown in light blue and proposed hypoxia imaging in dark blue; current management options are shown in light green and alternative strategies based on hypoxia imaging and molecular stratification in dark green.
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