Management of the neck after definitive chemoradiation in patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer: An institutional experience

ConclusionsThis institutional experience supports the notion of a high threshold for neck dissection in this low-risk population; only 1 of 20 patients with suspicious PET/CT findings had residual disease in the neck. Moreover, these patients should be managed by a multidisciplinary tumor board (MTB) since current algorithms do not universally include HPV status. Finally, the use of restaging PET/CT to guide management of the neck can be improved with changes in terminology and consideration of FDG-avidity at the primary site and on pre-therapy scans.
Source: American Journal of Otolaryngology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research