Post-therapeutic aspects of cervical cancer: Different evolutionary profiles and MRI results
1 Department of Mother and Child Radiology, Hassan II University Hospital, FES, Morocco.
2 Department of Radiology of specialty hospitals, CHU Hassan II, FES, Morocco.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(02), 2515–2521
Publication history:
Received on 13 October 2024; revised on 24 November 2024; accepted on 27 November 2024
Abstract:
Cervical cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in women, with squamous cell carcinoma being the most common histological type. Imaging, and more specifically MRI, plays a key role in its diagnostic and prognostic management as well as its post-therapeutic follow-up. Treatment with concomitant radio-chemotherapy followed by brachytherapy has changed the prognosis of these cancers, particularly in the advanced stages of these tumors.
The objective of our work is to review through our series, an illustration of the different radiological aspects of post-therapeutic states of the cervix, to expose the place of MRI in the post-therapeutic monitoring of cervical cancer thanks to the evaluation of the therapeutic response, the detection of tumor residues and recurrences, as well as the exposure of the different types of post-therapeutic complications, in particular those related to radiotherapy.
Keywords:
Cervical cancer; Radio-chemotherapy; Brachytherapy; Recurrence; MRI; Post-therapeutic changes
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