Predictive value of PET/CT based metabolic information in the modern 3D based radiotherapy treatment of head and neck can-cer patients - single institute study.

CONCLUSION: Simple metabolic data (SUVmax and SULpeak) from pretreatment fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT were unable to predict therapeutic response, while volumetric information containing MTV and TLG parameters proved to be more useful, thus their inclusion to risk stratification may also have additional value. PMID: 33306758 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research