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Review
. 2016 Jul;11(3):219-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2016.02.002.

PET/CT in Head-neck Malignancies: The Implications for Personalized Clinical Practice

Heidi R Wassef  1 , Nevine Hanna  2 , Patrick Colletti  3
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PET/CT in Head-neck Malignancies: The Implications for Personalized Clinical Practice

Heidi R Wassef et al. PET Clin. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

PET/CT has been shown to help localize head and neck cancers and provide more accurate staging, post-treatment assessment, and restaging than standard imaging. PET/CT detects synchronous and metachronous cancers and sequelae of therapy and provides prognostic information for each patient. Information provided by PET/CT allows for more individualized therapeutic and surveillance plans for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Keywords: FDG; Fluorodeoxyglucose F 18; HNSCC; Head and neck; PET/CT; Positron emission tomography/computer tomography; Squamous cell carcinoma.

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