Impact of post‐therapy positron emission tomography on prognostic stratification and surveillance after chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer

Abstract

The presence of a complete metabolic response at post-therapy FDG-PET is a powerful predictor for survival after chemoradiation. The very low rate of recurrence in patients with a complete metabolic response justifies a conservative follow-up approach for these patients, because relapse is usually symptomatic and not detected by routine clinical review.