Measurement of intratumoral heterogeneity by
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a
valuable modality, which showed correlation to response of treatment and
prognosis in various malignancies.
PET-based texture analysis for tumor
heterogeneity is a potential predictive factor
for cervical cancer and related to lymph node metastasis, tumor volume,
response of treatment, and pelvic recurrence.
Although seemed promising in utility in
oncology, a plenty of methods have been used for analysis of heterogeneity
which led to confusion of definitions and comparing results challenging.
Further larger sized prospective studies are needed for standardized
heterogeneity descriptors and clinical applications.
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