Response evaluation of cervical lymph nodes after chemoradiation in patients with head and neck cancer - does additional [18F]FDG-PET-CT help?

Response evaluation of cervical lymph nodes after chemoradiation in patients with head and neck cancer - does additional [18F]FDG-PET-CT help?

Abstract Background Contrast-enhanced high-resolution computed tomography (contrast-CT) is a standard imaging modality following primary concurrent radiochemotherapy (RCT) for response evaluation in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We investigated the additional benefit o...

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Main Authors: Daniel Dejaco, Christian Uprimny, Gerlig Widmann, David Riedl, Patrizia Moser, Christoph Arnold, Teresa Bernadette Steinbichler, Barbara Kofler, Volker Hans Schartinger, Irene Virgolini, Herbert Riechelmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Cancer Imaging
Subjects:
Squamous cell carcinoma of Head and neck
Neoplasm, residual
Tomography, X-ray computed
Positron emission tomography computed tomography
Neck dissection
Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40644-020-00345-8

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