Residual neck disease management in squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with radiotherapy plus cetuximab.

Robert MontalM OlivaM TabernaL De AvilaA RoviraM CosM MañósV NavarroJ NoguésA LozanoL RodríguezE VilajosanaS VázquezR Mesia

Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2016)

Radiological response after BRT is similar to that after treatment with chemo-radiotherapy, thereby validating in this scenario the accepted CT criteria to define complete response of the neck. However, when RND is suspected by CT, PET/CT is useful to prevent unnecessary ND.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
pet ct
squamous cell carcinoma
positron emission tomography
rectal cancer
image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
radiation therapy
contrast enhanced
early stage
radiation induced
pulmonary embolism
magnetic resonance imaging
photodynamic therapy
lymph node metastasis
drug delivery
wild type