FDG-PET/CT predicts survival and lung metastasis of hypopharyngeal cancer in a multi-institutional retrospective study.
Hidenori SuzukiKatsuhiko KatoMasami NishioTsuneo TamakiYasushi FujimotoMariko HiramatsuNobuhiro HanaiTakeshi KodairaYoshiyuki ItohShinji NaganawaMichihiko SoneYasuhisa HasegawaPublished in: Annals of nuclear medicine (2017)
High SUVmax was significantly correlated with a lower OS, disease-specific survival, distant metastasis-free survival, and lung metastasis-free survival in a multi-institutional retrospective study.