The role of CT and 18F-FDG PET in managing the neck in node-positive head and neck cancer after chemoradiotherapy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 893-899

  Inohara, Hidenori ^a   Enomoto, Keisuke ^a,b   Tomiyama, Yoichiro ^a   Yoshii, Tadashi ^a   Osaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Higuchi, Ichiro ^b   Inoue, Takehiro ^a   Hatazawa, Jun ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; HNSCC; Planned neck dissection

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NECK DISSECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350383740     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802441747     Document Type: Article

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