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The Role of FDG-PET in the Preoperative Assessment of N-Staging in Head and Neck Cancer

ContributorsBenchaou, Mimoun; Lehmann, Willy; Slosman, Daniel; Becker, Minerva; Lemoine, R.; Ruefenacht, Daniel André; Donath, Alfred
Published inActa oto-laryngologica, vol. 116, no. 2, p. 332-335
Publication date1996
Abstract

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 ths.t 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.

Keywords
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Deoxyglucose / analogs & derivatives
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphoma / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Oropharynx / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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BENCHAOU, Mimoun et al. The Role of FDG-PET in the Preoperative Assessment of N-Staging in Head and Neck Cancer. In: Acta oto-laryngologica, 1996, vol. 116, n° 2, p. 332–335. doi: 10.3109/00016489609137852
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Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/00016489609137852
Journal ISSN0001-6489
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