Accuracy of diffusion weighted MRI in detecting residual tumor in patients conservatively treated for cervical carcinoma.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- cervical carcinoma10013364
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
- Recent history of cervical cancer
- Patients treated with radiation therapy with curative intent, with or without concomitant chemotherapy or hyperthermia.
- Age>=18 years
- Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnancy
- Contra-indications for general anesthesia
- Contra-indications for MRI (incl. Claustrophobia, metal implants, renal insufficiency, etc.)
- Incapacity of judgement
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To determine the accuracy of MRI with DWI in detecting residual disease in<br /><br>patients with uterine cervical cancer treated with (chemo)radiotherapy.<br /><br>To determine the additional value of using DWI to a standard MRI protocol.<br /><br>To evaluate in the inter-reader variability in reading DWI images in the<br /><br>post-treatment setting.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>na</p><br>