Open AccessThe prognostic role of maximum standardized uptake value of 18 F-flourodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in head and neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy
Author(s) -
K. Satish Srinivas,
M Arunan,
Easwaramoorthy Venkatachalapathy,
Christopher John,
M Manickavasagam,
C V Divyambika
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_409_18
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , nuclear medicine , chemoradiotherapy , positron emission tomography , standardized uptake value , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , retrospective cohort study , radiology , cancer , wilcoxon signed rank test , radiation therapy , surgery , mann–whitney u test
This retrospective study aims at correlating the pre- and post-therapy maximal standardized uptake values (SUV max ) of the whole-body 18-flourodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan with tumor response in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy.