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Pulmonary Screening Practices of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeons Across Saudi Arabia in the Posttreatment Surveillance of Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Cross-sectional Survey Study.

Majed N AlnefaieAbdullah Ahmed AlamriAsalh SaeediAwwadh AlthobaitiShahad AlosaimiYousuf AlqurashiHani Z MarzoukiMazin Merdad
Published in: Interactive journal of medical research (2022)
The participants mainly used lung radiography (9/22, 41%), low-dose CT (7/22, 32%), or positron emission tomography/CT (6/22, 27%) as a routine lung screening method during the posttreatment follow-up of patients with head and neck cancer for 5 years (17/22, 77%) or 10 years (3/22, 14%), and only a small percentage of participants have performed lifelong lung screening (2/22, 9%). Lung screening was mostly conducted annually or half-yearly. Such screening was believed to be very effective or somewhat effective.
Keyphrases
  • positron emission tomography
  • computed tomography
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • low dose
  • saudi arabia
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • contrast enhanced
  • radiation therapy
  • dual energy
  • clinical practice
  • pet ct