Gynecologic oncology tumor board: the central role of the radiologist

Hannah S Recht; Kimberly L Shampain; Marta N Flory; Stephanie Nougaret; Emma L Barber; Priyanka Jha; Katherine E Maturen; Elizabeth A Sadowski; Atul B Shinagare; Aradhana M Venkatesan; Jeanne M Horowitz

doi:10.1007/s00261-023-03978-y

Gynecologic oncology tumor board: the central role of the radiologist

Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023 Oct;48(10):3265-3279. doi: 10.1007/s00261-023-03978-y. Epub 2023 Jun 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. Hannah.recht@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁴ Montpellier Cancer Institute, University of Montpellier, Monpellier, France.
⁵ IRCM, U1198, University of Montpellier, Monpellier, France.
⁶ Division of Gynecology Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁷ Departments of Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁸ Departments of Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
⁹ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Abdominal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.

PMID: 37386301
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-023-03978-y

Abstract

This manuscript is a collaborative, multi-institutional effort by members of the Society of Abdominal Radiology Uterine and Ovarian Cancer Disease Focus Panel and the European Society of Urogenital Radiology Women Pelvic Imaging working group. The manuscript reviews the key role radiologists play at tumor board and highlights key imaging findings that guide management decisions in patients with the most common gynecologic malignancies including ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and endometrial cancer.

Keywords: Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Ovarian cancer; Tumor board.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Endometrial Neoplasms*
Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female*
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms*
Radiologists
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*