Inclusion Criteria:
- be able to give informed consent.
- female patients between 20 and 80 years of age.
- biopsy proven newly diagnosed cervical cancer clinical stage International Federation
of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Ib and above.
- patients must be willing to undergo standard treatment such as surgery or
chemo-radiation therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients who are judged to be noncompliant to treatment or not accessible for follow
up.
- patients with contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning, such as
claustrophobia, cardiac pacemaker, metal implants in field of view, or unable to
cooperate for MRI study due to mental status.