Pretreatment staging of cervical cancer: is imaging better than palpation?: Role of CT and MRI in preoperative staging of cervical cancer: single institution results for 255 patients.

Background Cervical carcinoma is clinically staged according to the criteria of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can also be used in pretreatment evaluation of tumor extension and size; however, the diagnostic value and the impact on clinical decisions of cross-sectional imaging have been questioned.