Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging and restaging of head and neck cancer: comparison with positron emission tomography read together with contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Publication

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging and restaging of head and neck cancer: comparison with positron emission tomography read together with contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Journal Paper/Review - Nov 1, 2008

Goerres Gerhard W, Schuknecht Bernhard, Schmid Daniel T, Stöckli Sandro, Hany Thomas F

Citation

Goerres G, Schuknecht B, Schmid D, Stöckli S, Hany T. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging and restaging of head and neck cancer: comparison with positron emission tomography read together with contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Clinical imaging 2008; 32:431-7.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Clinical imaging 2008; 32

Publication Date

Nov 1, 2008

Issn Electronic

1873-4499

Pages

431-7

Brief description/objective

This retrospective study aimed to describe the differences between image readings done with combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and PET read together with contrast-enhanced CT (ceCT) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. In 46 patients, no differences were found between the two readings for assessing infiltration of adjacent structures (P=.63), transgression of the midline (P=.67), lymph node involvement (P=.32), and T- and N stage. PET/CT and PET read together with ceCT have comparable diagnostic yield.