Head-to-Head Comparison of Chest X-Ray/Head and Neck MRI, Chest CT/Head and Neck MRI, and 18F-FDG PET/CT for Detection of Distant Metastases and Synchronous Cancer in Oral, Pharyngeal, and Laryngeal Cancer

Conclusion: A clinical imaging strategy based on PET/CT demonstrated a significantly higher detection rate of distant metastasis or synchronous cancer than strategies in current clinical imaging guidelines, of which European ones primarily recommend CXR/MRI, whereas U.S. guidelines preferably point to CHCT/MRI in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - December 1, 2017 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Rohde, M., Nielsen, A. L., Johansen, J., Sorensen, J. A., Nguyen, N., Diaz, A., Nielsen, M. K., Asmussen, J. T., Christiansen, J. M., Gerke, O., Thomassen, A., Alavi, A., Hoilund-Carlsen, P. F., Godballe, C. Tags: Clinical Source Type: research