The value of combined MRI, enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of recurrence and metastasis after surgery for ovarian cancer.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this article was to investigate the value of combined MRI, enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of recurrence and metastasis after surgery for ovarian cancer.

METHODS

Ninety-five ovarian cancer patients were selected as the study subjects, all of them underwent surgical treatment, and MRI, enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT were performed on all of them in the postoperative follow-up, and the pathological results after the second operation were used as the diagnostic "gold standard". The diagnostic value (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative predictive value and positive predictive value) of the three examination methods alone or in combination for the diagnosis of postoperative recurrence and metastasis of ovarian cancer was compared, and the detection rate was calculated when the lesion was the unit of study, so as to compare the efficacy of the three methods in the diagnosis of postoperative recurrent metastatic lesions of ovarian cancer.

RESULTS

The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the combined group were higher than those of MRI and enhanced CT for recurrence and metastasis of ovarian cancer after surgery, and the specificity, accuracy and positive predictive value of the combined group were higher than those of the 18F-FDG PET/CT group, and those of the 18F-FDG PET/CT group were higher than those of the enhanced CT group (all P < 0.05). When the postoperative recurrent metastatic lesions of ovarian cancer were used as the study unit, the detection rate of lesions in the combined group was higher than that of the three examinations detected individually, and the detection rate of lesions in 18F-FDG PET/CT was higher than that of enhanced CT and MRI (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION

The combination of MRI, enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT can accurately diagnose recurrence and metastasis of ovarian cancer after surgery, detect recurrent metastatic lesions as early as possible, and improve patients' prognosis.