Early evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response using FDG-PET/CT predicts survival prognosis in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Masahiro Kikuchi,Yuji Nakamoto,Shogo Shinohara,Keizo Fujiwara,Hiroshi Yamazaki,Yuji Kanazawa,Risa Kurihara,Ippei Kishimoto,Hiroyuki Harada,Yasushi Naito

Early evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response using FDG-PET/CT predicts survival prognosis in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

2013

Masahiro Kikuchi
Yuji Nakamoto
Shogo Shinohara
Keizo Fujiwara
Hiroshi Yamazaki
Yuji Kanazawa
Risa Kurihara
Ippei Kishimoto
Hiroyuki Harada
Yasushi Naito

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of early survival prediction after completion of one cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) by positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG).

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Radiology
Positron emission tomography
Computed tomography
PET-CT
Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma
General surgery
Chemotherapy
Medicine
chemotherapy response
Surgical oncology
survival prognosis
in patient
fdg pet ct

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