cervical cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Forty women with newly diagnosed inoperable cervical cancer will receive the standard MRI (40 min) plus experimental protocol (20 min). Twenty women who will receive primary radiotherapy (plus standard chemotherapy or hyperthermia) will also receive extension with 2 standard MRIs required for treatment monitoring during radiotherapy (40 min) with the experimental protocol (~20 min).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Inability of the patient to provide informed consent or legally incompetent/incapacitated to do so, • Presence of metal in the body (e.g. osteosynthetic material, pacemaker, artificial cardiac valves), • Claustrophobia • Pregnancy • Previous adversary reaction to Gadovist-i.v. contrast
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of electric tissue properties and perfusion in patients with cervical cancer by MRI, and the variation in corresponding distribution during the course of radiotherapy (plus chemotherapy or hyperthermia). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| None. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed