Prognostic significance of supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastasis detected by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastases (SdLNM) are frequently identified using ¹⁸F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in advanced epithelial ovarian cancers (AEOC). This study aimed to determine the prognostic significance of SdLNM detected by PET/CT in patients with AEOC.

Methods

Medical records of patients diagnosed with AEOC were retrospectively registered from January 2009 to July 2015. Patients were categorized according to PET/CT stage: PET/CT stage III, PET/CT stage IV with SdLNM, and PET/CT stage IV with other metastases. Clinicopathologic characteristics, recurrence patterns, survival outcomes were compared according to PET/CT stage. Anatomical distribution of SdLNM and effect of thoracic debulking surgery were esti

SUBMITTER: Lee IO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260780 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature