Published November 2010
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Journal article
The influence to FDG uptake in lymph nodes after the chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancers
Creators
- 1. Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ., Hospital, Tokyo (Japan)
- 2. Japan Red Cross Musashino Hospital, Musashino, Tokyo (Japan)
Description
We assessed fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in lymph nodes of 14 patients who underwent FDG-positron emission tomography (PET)/CT before and after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancers. FDG uptake in lymph nodes significantly increased within 1 month after CRT. The post-CRT maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) could reach to more than the double of pre-CRT SUVmax. This fact needs to be considered for early monitoring therapy with FDG-PET/CT. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Rinsho Hoshasen
- Journal Volume
- 55
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1635-1638
- ISSN
- 0009-9252
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 42044858
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOMAS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMBINED THERAPY; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LARYNX; LYMPH NODES; PATIENTS; PHARYNX; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TONGUE; UPTAKE; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MEDICINE; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORAL CAVITY; ORGANS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY