ROLE OF IMAGING 
MODALITIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES

Keimyung Medical Journal 1997;16(1):109-115.

ROLE OF IMAGING MODALITIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES

부인암진단의 영상기법

김정식

Abstract

The evaluation of cancer prognostic factors is essentia] to making appropriate treatment decisions. Important clinical factors in cancer of the cervix include the patient's age; the stage of disease; and the size of the tumor. Inportant histologic factors are tumor garde; depth of stromal invasion; invasion of the lymph-vascular space; and lymph node metastasis (Morrow CP et al.’ 1993; Hoskins WJ et al.’ 1989). The significant independent prognostic factors in predicting disease-free survival in patients with early stage cervical cancer are tumor size; depth of invasion/ invasion of the lymph-vascular space (Delgade G et al.; 1990; Kamura T et al.; 1992： Stehman FB et al.; 1991). In advanced cervical cancer; factors related to disease-free survival include status of paraaortic and pelvic lymph nodes; tumor size; and the patient's age (Stehman FB et al./ 1991). Morphologic risk factors such as tumor size; depth of stromal invasion; stage of disease and lymph node metastasis are all well evaluated by means of cross-sectional imaging (Hricak H et al; 1988; Kim SH et al.; 1993; Subak LL et al.; 1995). Sonography