Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Lymph Node Staging in Ovarian Cancer

Summary

Advanced epithelial ovarian cancer has high morbidity and mortality. Patients presenting with advanced stage ovarian cancer often have cancer spread to regional lymph nodes. Imaging strategies to depict involved lymph nodes are currently not successful. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadofosveset trisodium contrast enhancement (GDF-MRI) and diffusion weighted imaging (DW-MRI) is able to identify involved lymph nodes in a preoperative setting. This could guide the surgeon during surgery to dissect lymph nodes which could lead to an optimal diagnosis/staging with the lowest possible morbidity. We want to determine the optimal imaging settings and feasibility of MRI for the detection of pathological lymph nodes in women with advanced (FIGO stage IIB-IV) ovarian cancer undergoing primary debulking surgery and compare this to conventional imaging with computer tomography (CT).

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Start

2014-09

Primary completion

2014-09

Completion

2014-09

Publications

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• Background Yamashita T, Takahara T, Kwee TC, Kawada S, Horie T, Inomoto C, Hashida K, Yamamuro H, Myojin K, Luijten PR, Imai Y. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging with gadofosveset trisodium as a negative contrast agent for lymph node metastases assessment. Jpn J Radiol. 2011 Jan;29(1):25-32. doi: 10.1007/s11604-010-0513-2. Epub 2011 Jan 26.
• Background Low RN, Barone RM. Combined diffusion-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced MRI can accurately predict the peritoneal cancer index preoperatively in patients being considered for cytoreductive surgical procedures. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 May;19(5):1394-1401. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2236-3.
• Background Lambregts DM, Beets GL, Maas M, Kessels AG, Bakers FC, Cappendijk VC, Engelen SM, Lahaye MJ, de Bruine AP, Lammering G, Leiner T, Verwoerd JL, Wildberger JE, Beets-Tan RG. Accuracy of gadofosveset-enhanced MRI for nodal staging and restaging in rectal cancer. Ann Surg. 2011 Mar;253(3):539-45. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31820b01f1.
• Background Schipper RJ, Smidt ML, van Roozendaal LM, Castro CJ, de Vries B, Heuts EM, Keymeulen KB, Wildberger JE, Lobbes MB, Beets-Tan RG. Noninvasive nodal staging in patients with breast cancer using gadofosveset-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: a feasibility study. Invest Radiol. 2013 Mar;48(3):134-9. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318277f056.

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