Staging Cervical Carcinoma Combining CT and PET images for staging cervical carcinoma. Cervical carcinoma is a major health care problem in industrialised countries.
Diagnosis is obtained histologically by means of a smear test and biopsy.
In those patients with invasive disease, further accurate staging is of vital importance. This is because the stage of disease influences prognosis and treatment plan. In addition, patients with early disease benefit from radical surgery. However, when there is more extensive disease, radical radiotherapy, with or without additional chemotherapy, is the treatment of choice. These patients do not benefit from surgery.