MALIGNANT GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE - APPLICATIONS OF MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING

Malignancies of the female genital tract account for 25% of all cancer s diagnosed in women. The decreasing incidence and mortality associate d with cervical and uterine corpus carcinomas reflect earlier detectio n and improved therapies. Although not practical as a screening tool, magnetic resonance imaging is playing an expanding role in the diagnos is and staging of gynecologic cancers. Its unsurpassed soft tissue con trast resolution and multiplanar imaging capabilities allow better dep iction of depth of tumor invasion and extent of local spread than eith er computed tomography or ultrasound.