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This study was performed to assess the impact of imaging in staging and to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of nodal metastasis on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) in patients with cervical carcinoma who were treated based on FIGO 2009 staging system.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate all patients with biopsy-proven cervical carcinoma who underwent CECT of abdomen at a tertiary cancer centre in north India from April 2017 to April 2019 and for whom either baseline or follow up scans were available. 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