Comparison of ultrasound and MRI informativeness for detection and treatment monitoring of cervical cancer metastases in the vagina.

Aim: To assess ultrasound (US) method informativeness in the recurrence detection and treatment monitoring of patients with cervical cancer metastases in the vagina via comparing the US and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data.

Materials And Methods: 42 patients with recurrence of cervical cancer were examined by transvaginal US and MRI. Data on radiation diagnostics of cervical cancer metastasis in the vagina were compared with pathomorphological data.

Texture Analysis of Tumor and Peritumoral Tissues Based on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Hybrid Imaging in Patients With Rectal Cancer.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether texture parameters could be used in differentiation between the tumor and the peritumoral tissues based on hybrid 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging for patients with rectal cancer.

Methods: Seven parameters, including heterogeneity, entropy, energy, skewness, kurtosis, standard deviation, and average brightness, were extracted from positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans of 22 patients (12 male and 10 female; mean age, 61 ± 2 years).

Results: The peritumoral tissue had a significantly lower value of the heterogeneity parameter (23%) than the tumor.

A Ukrainian multicenter prospective study of the value of PET/ CT prognostic role in primary patients with Hodgkins lymphoma in a real-life cohort.

Introduction: In recent years, the positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) has changed and the treatment approaches in Hodgkins lymphoma (HL) patients have entirely improved. The main idea in several studies is the use of PET/CT and the International Prognostic Score (IPS) protocols in identification of patients within a high-risk group and potential early relapse/refractory disease.

Materials And Methods: This study was based on PET/CT evaluation and treatment strategies of patients from eight Centers of Hematology in Ukraine.

BILATERAL AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF SACRAL LATERAL MASSES AFTER A COMPLETE RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER TREATED WITH NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION THERAPY. CASE REPORT.

We present a rare case report of a bilateral avascular necrosis of lateral sacral masses in a patient who developed a sustainable complete clinical and radiological response after chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer. It is shown that despite the standardized and precise planning and fractioning for neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer, the biological effects of ionizing radiation on critical organs can be va- ried both in time of occurrence and in structure. Evaluating the effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy, one should take into account the possibility of the development of even very rare effects of ionizing radiation on criti- cal organs and include their early detection in the diagnostic algorithm.

Radiation research to determine local tumor invasion in patients with cervical cancer.

Unlabelled: The main task of radiation study of verified cervical cancer (CC) is tumor spread assessment because of its profound effect on the treatment tactics choice and prognosis. The Aim of the study was radiation study optimizing for tumor local spread assessment in patients with CC via comparing the usefulness of different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based approaches.

Materials And Methods: 62 patients with CC were examined by MRI on tomograph 1.