Purpose: To assess the reproducibility of intrinsic relaxivity and both relaxivity- and susceptibility-based dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI in pelvic tumors; to correlate kinetic parameters obtained and to assess whether acute antivascular effects are seen in response to cisplatin- or taxane-based chemotherapy.

Materials And Methods: T1-weighted and T2*-weighted DCE-MRI and basal R2* measurements were performed on three consecutive days in women with gynecological tumors. The third scan was 21.0 (range 17.3-23.5) hours after the first cycle of chemotherapy. Kinetic parameter estimates were obtained and correlated between techniques. Test-retest reproducibility and response to treatment were assessed.

Results: Relative blood volume (rBV) and relative blood flow (rBF) correlated strongly with transfer constant (Ktrans), kep, and the initial area under the gadopentetate dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA) concentration-time curve (IAUGC) (all P<0.01). The group 95% confidence interval (CI) for change was -10.8 to +12.1%; +/-5.1%; -9.5 to +10.5%; +/-7.5%; for Ktrans, ve, kep, and IAUGC, respectively, and +/-13.6%, +/-2.4%, +/-11.6%, and +/-11.0%, for rBV, mean transit time (MTT), rBF, and R2*, respectively. There were no significant acute changes in kinetic parameter estimates in response to treatment on group analysis, apart from a small decrease in ve.

Conclusion: The results confirm the dominant influence of flow on Ktrans in untreated gynecological tumors. There is no evidence of an acute, large magnitude antivascular effect caused by cisplatin- or taxane-based chemotherapy.

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