Using two imaging scans to predict endometrial cancer outcomes

Doctors want to understand whether combining two imaging scans—an MRI and a PET scan—can help them predict which patients with endometrial cancer are at higher or lower risk before surgery. Each scan shows different information about your cancer: the MRI is excellent at showing the tumor's location and size, while the PET scan is better at detecting whether cancer has spread to lymph nodes or other parts of the body. By combining the information from both scans, researchers hope to create a tool that helps personalize treatment planning.

Currently, doctors use these two imaging techniques separately to stage endometrial cancer. This study exists because researchers believe that analyzing data from both scans together—rather than separately—could give doctors a more complete picture of how aggressive your cancer is and help them identify which patients need more intensive treatment before surgery even happens.