How would you manage mild SUV uptake at a 3 month PET/CT scan post chemoRT scan for a SCC of the cervix?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Gynecologic Cancers

Does stage of the cervical cancer influence your decision? Does the amount of SUV uptake influence your decision? When does one biopsy? How long can one delay a biopsy?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Typically at our institution, we would decide the next steps based on her exam findings. If there is concern for residual disease, we would either biopsy or see the patient back in a short period of time for a repeat exam. If there is nothing convincing to biopsy, we would likely repeat the PET/CT i...

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Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
Kalash et al., PMID 29559287. We do functiona...

at Ascension Sacred Heart Cancer Care
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at ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Agree with @Allison

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