Value of Dynamic Contrast-enhanced and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in the Detection of Pathologic Complete Response in Cervical Cancer after Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Purpose To evaluate the association between dynamic contrast material-enhanced (DCE) and diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with pathologic complete response after preoperative combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cervical carcinoma and evaluate the risk of local recurrence. Materials and Methods The institutional ethics committee approved the study and waived the requirement to obtain informed consent. The study comprised 52 patients with locally advanced carcinoma, treated first with combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy, who underwent MR imaging before final surgery between June 2011 and July 2015.

Contribution of FDG PET/CT for the Optimization of the Management of Additional Lesions Detected on Local Staging Breast MRI.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the added value of FDG PET/CT for the management of additional lesions detected by breast MRI during initial staging of known breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively queried our database for all consecutive patients with biopsy-confirmed breast cancer who underwent breast MRI and FDG PET/CT before neoadjuvant chemotherapy between November 2011 and November 2012. The final population comprised 80 patients.