PET/CT prior to salvage surgery in recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
A NøhrS B GramB CharabiJ F TvedskovI WesselJ FriborgK HåkanssonC von BuchwaldB M FischerJacob Høygaard RasmussenPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2019)
Distant metastases occur frequently in patients with recurrent HNSCC disease and the proportion of revealed distant metastases remained the same (30%). Imaging with FDG PET/CT can be recommended in patients with recurrent HNSCC prior to putative salvage surgery.