Prognostic value of response assessment fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan in radically treated squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck: Long-term results of a prospective study

Conclusions: Disease evaluation using PET-CT has an overall accuracy of 80%. High baseline SUVmax correlates with worse clinical outcomes. Negative PET-CT at the first follow-up is a predictor for survival.

Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics - May 28, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar Naveen Mummudi Venkatesh Rangarajan Nilendu Purandare Tejpal Gupta Ashwini Budrukkar Vedang Murthy Jai Prakash Agarwal Source Type: research