Prognostic value of maximum standardized uptake value measured by pretreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

J. Cacicedo,Isaac Fernández,O. del Hoyo,Arturo Navarro,A. Gomez-Iturriaga,J. Ignacio Pijoan,L. Martínez Indart,J. Escudero,J. Gómez Suárez,R. Ortiz de Zarate,J. Fernando Perez,P. Bilbao,Dirk Rades

Prognostic value of maximum standardized uptake value measured by pretreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

2017

J. Cacicedo
Isaac Fernández
O. del Hoyo
Arturo Navarro
A. Gomez-Iturriaga
J. Ignacio Pijoan
L. Martínez Indart
J. Escudero
J. Gómez Suárez
R. Ortiz de Zarate
J. Fernando Perez
P. Bilbao
Dirk Rades

Purpose/objectives To evaluate the prognostic impact of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) undergoing pretreatment [F-18] fluoro-d-glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) imaging.

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General surgery
PET-CT
Tomography
Standardized uptake value
Radiology
Computed tomography
Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma
Head and neck cancer
Medicine
Radiation therapy
locally advanced
Nuclear medicine
fdg pet ct

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