Early metabolic 18F-FDG PET/CT response of locally advanced squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck to induction chemotherapy: A prospective pilot study.
Ulisses Ribaldo NicolauVictor Hugo Fonseca de JesusEduardo Nóbrega Pereira LimaMarclesson Santos AlvesThiago Bueno de OliveiraLouise De Brot AndradeVirgilio Souza SilvaPaula Cacciatore BesTadeu Ferreira de PaivaVinicius Fernando CalsavaraAndrea Paiva Gadelha GuimarãesLoureno CezanaPaula Nicole Vieira Pinto BarbosaGislaine Cristina Lopes Machado PortoAntônio Cássio Assis PellizzonGenival Barbosa de CarvalhoLuiz Paulo KowalskiPublished in: PloS one (2018)
These results suggest a potential role for early response evaluation with PET/CT examination in patients with LASCCHN undergoing IC. Increased regional lymph node maximum SUV and insufficient decrease in primary tumor uptake predict poorer outcomes.