FDG-PET for management of cervical and ovarian cancer

There is good evidence that PET is useful for the pre-treatment detection of retroperitoneal nodal metastasis in cervical cancer. There is fair evidence that PET is useful for the detection of recurrent cervical cancer. PET is less useful for the detection of microscopic residual ovarian cancer but has fair sensitivity to detect recurrence in the setting of a rising CA-125 and negative conventional imaging studies. Available studies are limited by low numbers of patients and wide confidence intervals.