PET Scan - Head and Neck Cancer
PET Scan for Head and Neck Cancer - Overview & Techniques
Archer Radiology offers a PET scan for head and neck cancer.
Head and neck cancer is a generic term for several varities of malignant tumors of the mouth, throat, sinuses and nasal spaces, larynx, salivary glands, and cervical lymph nodes. Such cancers usually spread through the lymph nodes in the neck. A PET scan is the most useful tool available for early diagnosis.
PET is also the most accurate means of monitoring the effects of treatment or possible recurrence. Frequently after treatment, a mass may remain. This will be visible on a CT scan, but CT alone cannot determine whether any of the mass is still cancerous or whether further treatment will be required. For this reason PET imaging is an essential part of post-surgery.
PET Scan for Head and Neck Cancer - Alternative Names & Explanations
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scan for head and neck cancer, scan for cell carcinoma of head and neck, FDG uptake PET scan
PET Scan for Head and Neck Cancer - Benefits
- Showing where tumor cells are growing
- Determining how far the cancer has spread
- Helping the physician determine the best course of treatment
Head and Neck Cancer PET Scan - Images
Head and Neck Cancer PET Scan - Common Indications & Positive Findings
- Focal increased FDG uptake in paraglottic fat in larynxIncrease of soft tissue around carotid sheath
- Abnormal increased FDG uptake in oral cavity and parapharyngeal space corresponding to soft tissue
- Mucosal lesion in left base of tongue
- Large area of intense FDG uptake in neck corresponding to nodal mass
Head and Neck Cancer PET Scan - References & Links
- Head and neck cancer: Clinical usefulness and accuracy of PET/CT image fusion. H Schöder, HWD Yeung, M Gonen, D Kraus, SM Larson. Radiology 2004; 231: 65-72
- Combined technologies benefit patients with head and neck cancer. J Snider. J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 139, No 4, 404
- Why most PET of lung and head-and-neck cancer will be PET/CT. GW Goerres, GK von Schulthess, HC Steinert. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45:1; 66S-71S
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