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PET/CT with [18F]FDG in Cervical Cancer

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Imaging with [18F]FDG-PET/CT is not routinely used for the initial diagnosis of cervical cancer although the primary tumor is generally [18F]FDG avid, because of the lack of precise anatomic information which limits its clinical utility.

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Skoura, E.V., Datseris, I.E. (2018). PET/CT with [18F]FDG in Cervical Cancer. In: Gouliamos, A., Andreou, J., Kosmidis, P. (eds) Imaging in Clinical Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68873-2_43

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