Influence of FDG-PET on primary nodal target volume definition for head and neck carcinomas
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Impact of FDG-PET/CT imaging on nodal staging for head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma.
PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) imaging on nodal staging for head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS AND MATERIALS The study population consisted of 23 patients with head-and-neck SCC who were evaluated with FDG-PET/CT and went on to neck dissection. Two observers consensually determined the le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Oncologica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0284-186X,1651-226X
DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2016.1182643