Cervical cancer ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nima Nasiri, M.D.[2]

Transvaginal ultrasound can be used for staging of cervical cancer. It can provide great accuracy in detecting bladder involvement or distant metastasis in abdomen.

• Transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound can be used in predicting response to chemotherapy in women with cervical cancer.
• Doppler ultrasound can pedict tumor volume based on angiogenesis, intramural vascularization and hemodynamic flow.

• Transvaginal ultrasound also is helpful in detecting small size tumor and invasion to lymph nodes.

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