title: The role of FDG-PET in the preoperative assessment of N-staging in head and neck cancer.
abstract: This prospective study based on 48 patients showed that FDG-PET has a significantly higher sensitivity for the detection of lymph node metastases compared with palpation and it appears that FDG-PET has a similar sensitivity to CT-scanning. According to our data, FDG-PET is a highly specific method in the evaluation of neck nodes. This new imaging technique allows a tridimensional study and is easy to interpret. Therefore, FDG-PET seems to be a valuable imaging technique for the detection of cervical lymph node metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benchaou
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Slosman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lemoine
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rufenacht
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donath
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose