Impact of FDG-PET/CT Imaging on Nodal Staging for Head-And-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-382

  Murakami, Ryuji ^a   Uozumi, Hideaki ^d   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Nishimura, Ryuichi ^c   Shiraishi, Shinya ^a   Ota, Kazutoshi ^a   Murakami, Daizo ^a   Tomiguchi, Seiji ^a   Oya, Natsuo ^a   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^b   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Uozumi Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

GTV; Head and neck cancer; Nodal staging; PET CT imaging

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL NODAL STAGING; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LARYNX TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK DISSECTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247842788     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.032     Document Type: Article

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