FDG-PET predicts survival and distant metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma

• Published in: Oral oncology Vol. 45; no. 7; pp. 569 - 573
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Hidenori, Hasegawa, Yasuhisa, Terada, Akihiro, Hyodo, Ikuo, Nakashima, Tsutomu, Nishio, Masami, Tamaki, Tsuneo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - metabolism; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; Disease-Free Survival; Distant metastasis; FDG-PET; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 - pharmacokinetics; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Japan; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Mouth Neoplasms - metabolism; Mouth Neoplasms - mortality; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Otolaryngology; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Prognosis; Radiopharmaceuticals - pharmacokinetics; Survival; Tumors; Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology; FDG-PET; Distant metastasis; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; Radionuclide study; Prognosis; Stomatology; ENT; Malignant tumor; Metastasis; Cancerology; Oral cavity disease; Positron emission tomography; Cancer; Emission tomography

High [ 18F]-2-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-uptake of primary tumor, assessed by pretreatment positron emission tomography (PET), shows poor overall survival of patients after several therapies in various cancers. An association between FDG-uptake and distant metastasis-free survival in oral squamous cel...