Volume-based 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography parameters correlate with delayed neck metastasis in clinical early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Nobuhiro YamakawaYohei NakayamaNobuhiro UedaTakahiro YagyuuShigehiro TamakiTadaaki Kirita

Published in: Oral radiology (2023)

This study suggests that, in addition to conventional predictors, volume-based PET parameters are useful predictors of DNM in those with early-stage OSCC.

Keyphrases

positron emission tomography
early stage
computed tomography
pet ct
pet imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
magnetic resonance
radiation therapy
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