title: Modern Radiology in the Management of Head and Neck Cancer.
abstract: The accurate staging of head and neck cancer is vital to direct appropriate management strategies and to deliver the best radiation therapy and surgery. Initial challenges in head and neck cancer imaging include determination of T- and N-stage, stage migration with detection of metastatic disease and identification of primary disease in the patient presenting with nodal metastases. In follow-up, imaging has an important role in assessing patients who may require salvage surgery after radiotherapy and assessing clinical change that may represent either residual/recurrent disease or radiation effects. This overview gathers recent evidence on the optimal use of currently readily available imaging modalities (ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography-computed tomography) in the context of head and neck squamous cell cancers.
authors.affiliation: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK. Electronic address: guy.burkill@bsuh.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: G J C
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Burkill
authors.affiliation: Abertawe Bro Morgannwg LHB, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: S E J
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Computed tomography; radiotherapy planning; squamous cell carcinoma; staging