Accuracy of functional and morphological magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging for pelvic, para-aortic and inguinal lymph node metastasis in gynecologic cancers

• Grant number: 17/00002-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo dos Reis
• Grantee: Tamiris Dezen Junqueira da Cunha Soares
• Host Institution: Hospital do Câncer de Barretos. Fundação Pio XII (FP). Barretos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) are the gold standard exams for staging patients with gynecological tumors. Lymphatic involvement is one of the risk factors that has the greatest impact on the prognosis and evolution of the disease. This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of images based on functional and morphological diffusion index in MR (regulated in 3T and 1,5T) and CT, for the evaluation of pelvic and / or para-aortic or inguinal lymph nodes in gynecological tumors. In addition, the study also aims to create a database with clinical and epidemiological information on the main tumors of the gynecological tract, that is, cervical, endometrial, ovary, vulvar and vaginal cancer. (AU)