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ArticleThe Indian journal of radiology & imaging

Role of ADC values in assessing clinical response and identifying residual disease post-chemo radiation in uterine cervix cancer.

Ankush Jajodia, Vivek Mahawar, Arvind K Chaturvedi, Avinash Rao, Rishu Singla, Swarupa Mitra, Sumit Goyal, Sikha Kesan, Sunil Pasricha, Udip Maheshwari and 2 more

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ankush JajodiaDepartment of Radiology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Vivek MahawarDepartment of Radiology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Arvind K ChaturvediDepartment of Radiology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Avinash RaoDepartment of Radiology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Rishu SinglaDepartment of Radiology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Swarupa MitraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Sumit GoyalDepartment of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Sikha KesanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sunil PasrichaDepartment of Histopathology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Udip MaheshwariDepartment of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Rupal TripathiDepartment of Research, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Venkata Pradeep Babu KoyyalaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi, India.
Cancer Hospital and Research Institute · INRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre · INCollege of Medicine & JNM Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the role of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in assessing response after chemo-radiotherapy in cervix cancer and investigate the utility of ADC as a tool to identify residual disease, after the treatment completion.

methodsA prospective study was done in 100 patients with histopathologically proven cancer of uterine cervix who were classified as either complete response (CR) or residual disease posttreatment. MRI was done pretreatment and after 6 weeks post-treatment with chemo-radiation. 53 patients among the cohort also underwent a fluoro-deoxy glucose positron-emission computed tomography (FDG-PET CT). ADC values, change in ADC values, and metabolic activity obtained from FDG-PET CT were correlated with clinical outcome, and statistical analysis was done to determine the better tool for assessing response evaluation between ADC and PET-CT.

resultsResidual lesions have notably lower ADC value than that of posttreatment changes. The mean ADC values of residual tumors: 1.26 ± 0.238 × 10

conclusionDiffusion imaging differentiates residual cervix malignancies from post treatment changes based on ADC values and can be a promising and evocative biomarker. Complimentary use of ADC and PET/CT may increase diagnostic confidence.

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Apparent diffusion coefficient valuesbiomarkerfluoro-deoxy glucose positron-emission computed tomographyresponse assessmentuterine cervix

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