The rational preoperative diagnosis of ovarian tumors - imaging techniques and tumor biomarkers

Abstract

Similarly, fusion of positron emission tomography with CT (PET/CT) is a highly accurate method for the detection of abdominal and extraabdominal tumor spread, but its use is limited by cost and the low availability of this method. On the other hand, PET/CT is not recommended for primary ovarian cancer detection because of its lower sensitivity in comparison to ultrasound and its high false positive rates as well.

Keywords

• ovarian cancer
• ultrasound
• RMI
• CT
• PET
• IOTA
• RMI
• pelvic examination
• symptom