Usefulness of surveillance imaging in patients with head and neck cancer who are treated with definitive radiotherapy.
Sweet Ping NgCourtney PollardJoel BerendsZeina AyoubMona J KamalAdam S GardenHouda BahigScott B CantorAndrew J SchaeferTemitayo AjayiG Brandon GunnSteven J FrankHeath D SkinnerJack PhanWilliam H MorrisonRenata FerrarottoJason M JohnsonAbdallah S R MohamedStephen Y LaiAmy C HesselErich M SturgisRandal S WeberClifton David FullerDavid I RosenthalPublished in: Cancer (2019)
Surveillance imaging in asymptomatic patients with HNC who are treated definitively with radiotherapy without clinically suspicious findings beyond 2 years has a low yield and a high cost. Physicians ordering these studies must use judicious consideration and discretion.