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Three-dimensional ultrasound to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.

Yaman C, Fridrik M

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. cemil.yaman@akh.linz.at

OBJECTIVE: To report the potential role of 3D ultrasound to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies. METHODS: The volumes and three 3D power Doppler indices are measured in one case of cervix carcinoma and in one case of ovarian carcinoma with primary radio- and/or chemotherapy before and after treatment. RESULTS: After treatment, tumor volume, vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI), and vascularization-flow index (VFI) were reduced in both two cases. CONCLUSION: 3D ultrasound may provide a new method to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.

Published 2 May 2005 in Gynecol Oncol, 97(2): 665-8.
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