The Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Positron Emission Tomography! Computed Tomography-Based Follow-Up After Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kao, Johnny; Ha Linh Vu; Genden, Eric M.; Mocherla, Bharat; Park, Eunice E.; Packer, Stuart; Som, Peter M.; Kostakoglu, Lale
- Source
- Cancer (0008543X). 10/1/2009, Vol. 115 Issue 19, p4586-4594. 12p. 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.
- Subject
- *TOMOGRAPHY
*HEAD & neck cancer
*CANCER relapse
*POSITRON emission tomography
*RADIOTHERAPY
*MEDICAL radiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
The article reports on the result of the study conducted to investigate the clinical value of a follow-up program incorporating serial F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography integrated with computed tomography (PET/CT) in the detection of recurrent disease in patients with head and neck cancer. It includes 88 patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy. It shows that PET/Ct is a highly sensitive technique in detecting recurrent disease.