Benefit of [18F]-FDG PET/CT for treatment-naïve nasopharyngeal carcinoma

• Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 980 - 991
• Main Authors: Yang, Shan-Shan, Wu, Yi-Shan, Chen, Wei-Chao, Zhang, Jun, Xiao, Su-Ming, Zhang, Bao-Yu, Liu, Zhi-Qiao, Chen, En-Ni, Zhang, Xu, OuYang, Pu-Yun, Xie, Fang-Yun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer; Cardiology; Chemotherapy; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; DNA viruses; Emission analysis; Epstein-Barr virus; Epstein-Barr Virus Infections - pathology; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Herpesvirus 4, Human; Humans; Imaging; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Lymphatic system; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical prognosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - therapy; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - therapy; Necrosis; Neoplasm Staging; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Oncology – Head and Neck; Original; Original Article; Orthopedics; Patients; Positron emission; Positron emission tomography; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography - methods; Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Radiology; Risk; Risk groups; Sensitivity and Specificity; Survival; Throat cancer; Tomography; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Induction chemotherapy; MRI; PET/CT

Background To test the advantages of positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) for diagnosing lymph nodes and staging nasopharyngeal carcinoma and to investigate its benefits for survival and treatment decisions. Methods The performance of PET/CT and magnetic resonance imaging (M...