Abstract

Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to detect lymph node metastasis in gynaecologic malignancies.
Methods: The study includes a total of 78 patients who underwent surgery for gynecological cancer between January 2016 and November 2017 at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic, Prof Dr Cemil Tascıoglu City Hospital, Health Sciences University. Age, menopausal status, clinical diagnoses, definitive pathology reports and PET/CT findings were obtained from the Hospital Information Management System and the patient files. The histological type and pelvic and/or paraaortic lymph node involvement status of the tumor based on a definitive pathology report, and the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) values of the primary tumor and lymph nodes with pathological involvement in the PET/ CT were recorded. The SPSS for Windows version 24.0 package program was used for the statistical analysis, and a p value of

Key words: Keywords: Gynecological neoplasms, Lymphatic metastasis, 18F-FDG PET / CT