Can post-RT FDG PET accurately predict the pathologic status in neck dissection after radiation for locally advanced head and neck cancer? In regard to Rogers et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;58:694-697) [6] (multiple letters)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 306-307

  Yao, Min ^a   Buatti, John M ^a   Dornfeld, Kenneth J ^a   Graham, Michael M ^b   Smith, Russell B ^c   Funk, Gerry F ^c   Hoffman, Henry T ^c   Greven, Kathryn McConnell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ACCURACY; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NECK DISSECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 11144279947     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.05.044     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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2. Yao M, Graham MM, Hoffman HT, et al. The role of post-RT FDG PET in prediction of necessity for post-RT neck dissection in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;59:1001–1010.
3. K.M. Greven D.W. Williams III W.F. McGuirt Serial positron emission tomography scans following radiation therapy of patients with head and neck cancer Head Neck 23 2001 942 946
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5. S.A. McHam D.J. Adelstein L.A. Rybicki Who merits a neck dissection after definitive chemoradiotherapy for N2–N3 squamous cell head and neck cancer Head Neck 25 2003 791 798
6. A.W. Chan M. Ancukiewicz N. Carballo The role of postradiotherapy neck dissection in supraglottic carcinoma Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50 2001 367 375