Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is staged by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system. Prior to the 2018 update, FIGO staging of cervical cancer allowed only the following diagnostic tests to be used in determining the stage: palpation (feeling with the fingers), inspection, colposcopy, endocervical curettage, hysteroscopy, cystoscopy, proctoscopy, intravenous urography, and X-ray examination of the lungs and skeleton, and cervical conization. But with the 2018 update of FIGO staging of cervical cancer, imaging was allowed to assess primary tumor size and/or lymph node status of patients clinical stages I through III disease.