Clinical Significance of Combined Assessment of the Maximum Standardized Uptake Value of F-18 FDG PET with Nodal Size in the Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a preliminary study of the correlations between quantitative parameters and the clinical stage

“…Moreover, the N stage was interpreted by either CT/ultrasonography or CT/ultrasonography/PET-CT. However, in our previous study, our image-based diagnosis of the lymph nodes was quite high, and the diagnostic accuracy of CT/ultrasonography was similar to that of PET-CT. 18,19 Therefore, we considered that CT/ultrasonography was sufficient and did not have a significant impact on the present results.…”

“…In 75 patients, nodal involvement was interpreted based on the comprehensive interpretation of the findings of CT, ultrasonography and fluorine-18 fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET), while the nodal status of the remaining 10 patients was interpreted based on the CT/ultrasonography findings. 18,19 The M stages of all patients were M0.…”

Role of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in head and neck oncology: the point of view of the radiation oncologist

“…46,47 Recently, there have been several reports of the possible superiority of PET/CE-CT over standard PET/CT in different clinical settings, including better local 48 and nodal analysis. 49 Other studies, 50,51 confirmed the high accuracy of nodal staging by PET/CT, in particular, if CE-CT is used during PET protocol.…”

Loco-regional recurrence after surgical treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma: Proposals for follow-up imaging based on literature, national guidelines and institutional experience

“…The detection rate of metastatic lymph nodes in OSCC patients ranges from 77.1% to 90% (Fogh et al, 2012;Matsubara et al, 2012) (Fig. 3).…”