[Role of positron emission tomography and CT with 18F-FDG PET-CT in follow-up of patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]

D Rivière; J B Morvan; N Fakhry; L Vatin; O Cathelinaud; F Bousquet; A Giovanni; P Verdalle

[Role of positron emission tomography and CT with 18F-FDG PET-CT in follow-up of patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord). 2014;135(3):127-33.

[Article in French]

Authors

D Rivière, J B Morvan, N Fakhry, L Vatin, O Cathelinaud, F Bousquet, A Giovanni, P Verdalle

PMID: 26521355

Abstract

The authors in this article, made from a review of the scientific literature (PubMed search engine), indicate the current position of positron emission tomography with 18F-fluro-2-deoxy-D-glucose coupled computed tomography (PET-CT) in the early and late post-treatment follow up of squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract. The aim of this follow up is twofold: Early detection of locoregional progressive evolution or metastatic progression and search for a possible second metachronous cancer in patients at risk.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / therapy
Early Detection of Cancer
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis
Head and Neck Neoplasms / secondary*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / therapy
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiopharmaceuticals
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18