Combining standardized uptake value of FDG-PET and apparent diffusion coefficient of DW-MRI improves risk stratification in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Lorenzo PredaGiorgio ConteLuke BonelloCaterina GiannittoLaura L TravainiSara RaimondiPaul E SummersAnsarin MohssenDaniela AlterioMaria Cossu RoccaChiara GranaFrancesca RujuMassimo Bellomi

Published in: European radiology (2016)

• High SUV maxT/B is a poor prognostic factor in HNSCC • High ADC min is a poor prognostic factor in HNSCC • In patients with high SUV maxT/B , high ADC min identified those with worse prognosis.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
diffusion weighted imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance
pet imaging
diffusion weighted