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PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging

Head and Neck Cancers

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Beheshti, M; Subramaniam, RM; Rezaee, A; Burian, M; Langsteger, W
January 1, 2017

Head and neck cancers are the sixth most common cancers among males. The role of fludeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging in staging, therapy monitoring, radiation therapy planning, and long-term follow-up evaluation of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is widely investigated. In addition to clinical information, benign findings and pitfalls in FDG PET/CT reading, and teaching cases, this chapter reviews evidence-based recommendations regarding PET/CT examination in head and neck cancers and compares them with statements in major clinical guidelines. According to evidence-based data, the modality is useful in restaging of head and neck SCC and detecting recurrent cancers. With a very high negative predictive value, a negative posttherapy scan is strongly suggestive of absent viable malignancy. FDG PET/CT imaging is also highly suggested to detect unknown primary cancers in patients with cervical lymph node metastasis.

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9780323485678

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January 1, 2017

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Beheshti, M., Subramaniam, R. M., Rezaee, A., Burian, M., & Langsteger, W. (2017). Head and Neck Cancers. In PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging (pp. 1–22). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-48567-8.00001-8
Beheshti, M., R. M. Subramaniam, A. Rezaee, M. Burian, and W. Langsteger. “Head and Neck Cancers.” In PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging, 1–22, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-48567-8.00001-8.
Beheshti M, Subramaniam RM, Rezaee A, Burian M, Langsteger W. Head and Neck Cancers. In: PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging. 2017. p. 1–22.
Beheshti, M., et al. “Head and Neck Cancers.” PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging, 2017, pp. 1–22. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48567-8.00001-8.
Beheshti M, Subramaniam RM, Rezaee A, Burian M, Langsteger W. Head and Neck Cancers. PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging. 2017. p. 1–22.
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DOI

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9780323485678

Publication Date

January 1, 2017

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1 / 22