Characteristics of abdomen and pelvis CT scan’s evaluation of patients with malignancies

Abstract

According to the American Cancer Center, cancer causes about 1 in 6 deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria taken together, it is the second leading cause of death, after cardiovascular disease. Imaging examinations to examine the abdomen and pelvis are the methods of choice in detecting neoplastic formations with the provision of information that is essential for the subsequent management of these patients. From the PubMed databases and the Google Scholar search engine, the articles published during 2010-2020 were selected, according to the specific keywords. Information on international scientific studies on oncological pathology statistics has been selected and processed globally, according to data from the American Cancer Center and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, innovative methods for assessing the staging of patients with abdominal and pelvic neoplasms, and modern postprocessing in the case of examination by computed tomography of abdominal and pelvic neoplasms patients. After processing the information in the Google Scholar and PubMed database, according to the search criteria, 346 articles on the proposed topic were found. The final bibliography contains 176 relevant sources, of which 77 were considered representative for the elaboration of this synthesis article. We must aim to justify, optimize and customize each imaging procedure for patients with neoplasms, as they are frequently exposed to imaging examinations. Keywords: oncology statistics; computed tomography; abdominal neoplasms; pelvic neoplasms; staging in oncology; post-processing programs.