The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging for all cancer sites has been periodically updated as a published manual many years. last update, the eighth edition AJCC Staging Manual went into use January 1, 2018. since restructured and its processes, staging-related data are now housed new application programming interface. Consequently, next TNM version 9...

The aim of this study was to compare the safety and morbidity of laparoscopic versus laparotomic comprehensive staging of apparent early stage ovarian cancer.In this retrospective study, the outcomes of patients with apparent stage I ovarian cancer who underwent laparoscopic or laparotomic comprehensive surgical staging from January 2002 to January 2014 were evaluated. The long-term survival of...

Preoperative imaging for staging of rectal cancer has become an important aspect of current approach to rectal cancer management, because it helps to select suitable patients for neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and determine the appropriate surgical technique. Imaging modalities such as endoscopic ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play an important role in...

You have accessJournal of UrologyKidney Cancer: Epidemiology & Evaluation/Staging/Surveillance III (MP61)1 Sep 2021MP61-04 CLASSIFICATION MODEL OF TUMOR CONTOUR IRREGULARITY : CAN WE PREDICT ONCOLOGIC OUTCOME LOCALIZED RENAL CELL CARCINOMA BY MORPHOLOGIC STAGING? Byeong Jin Kang, Si Kyun Park, Gwon Kyeong Lee, Kyung Hwan Kim, and Hong Koo Ha KangByeong Kang More articles by this author , ParkSi...

Even as many cancers have been transformed from fatal to chronic diseases in developed countries, global cancer incidence and mortality have been rising [1]. While imaging is an essential tool in cancer care, the guidelines for its use are neither sufficient nor widely recognized. The needs for imaging equipment and training vary around the globe but are generally vast. Addressing these needs w...

The incidence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is increasing and currently they account for 5% of all malignancies worldwide. Inspite of ongoing developments in diagnostic imaging and new therapeutic facilities, HNSCC still represents a multidisciplinary challenge. One of the most important prognostic factors in HNSCC is the presence of lymph node metastases. Patients with confi...

   18F-FDG is the most commonly used radioisotope in PET scanning and is administered intravenously. When patients cannot cannulated, there are limited options available for functional tumour assessment. A fifty year old male presented for investigation of a suspected lung carcinoma identified during investigation of pneumonia. The patient had a severe needle phobia, intellectual dis...

Accurate local staging of prostate cancer is essential for patient management decisions. Conventional and evolving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, such as diffusion- weighted imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, and MR spectroscopy, are promising techniques in prostate cancer imaging. In this article, we will review the current applications of conventional and ...

introduction:myocardial 18f-fdg uptake is highly variable in oncologic whole body 18f-fdg pet/ct studies, ranging from quite intense to minimal distribution. intense or heterogeneous myocardial 18f-fdg uptake is undesirable as it may interfere with the visual or quantitative evaluation of tumoral invasion and metastases in pericardium, myocardium or adjacent mediastinal structures. the diet, as...

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and among indications of oncologic positron emission tomography (PET) studies. In this review article, updated anatomical, pathological, clinical information about breast were provided for Nuclear Medicine physicians to better understand interpret PET images a literature on use imaging was summarized.