The role of FDG-PET in the preoperative assessment of N-staging in head and neck cancer
| Autor: | A. Donath, R. Lemoine, Minerva Becker, Willy Lehmann, Daniel O. Slosman, M. Benchaou, D. Rufenacht |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Lymphoma Oropharynx Lymph node metastasis Deoxyglucose Palpation Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Medicine Humans Neoplasm Metastasis Prospective cohort study Lymph node Retrospective Studies Spinal Neoplasms medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Head and neck cancer Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease carbohydrates (lipids) Oropharyngeal Neoplasms medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Carcinoma Squamous Cell Cervical Vertebrae Female Radiology Lymph Nodes business Tomography X-Ray Computed Cervical vertebrae Tomography Emission-Computed |
| Zdroj: | Acta oto-laryngologica. 116(2) |
| ISSN: | 0001-6489 |
| Popis: | This prospective study based on 48 patients showed that FDG-PET has a significantly higher sensitivity for the detection of lymph node metastases compared with palpation and it appears that FDG-PET has a similar sensitivity to CT-scanning. According to our data, FDG-PET is a highly specific method in the evaluation of neck nodes. This new imaging technique allows a tridimensional study and is easy to interpret. Therefore, FDG-PET seems to be a valuable imaging technique for the detection of cervical lymph node metastasis. |
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