Use of Imaging in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Detect High-Risk Tumor Features, Nodal Metastasis, and Distant Metastasis: A Systematic Review

• Published in: Dermatologic surgery Vol. 50; no. 8; p. 705
• Main Authors: Libson, Karissa, Sheridan, Connor, Carr, David R, Shahwan, Kathryn T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Bone Neoplasms - secondary; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnosis; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnosis; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnostic imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography - methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography
• ISSN: 1524-4725
• DOI: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000004191

Imaging has been shown to impact management and disease outcomes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, but the literature on optimal modalities is lacking. To perform a systematic review evaluating the performance of various imaging studies for the detection of perineural spread, bony invasion, noda...