Tumor to cervical spinal cord standardized uptake ratio (SUR) improves the reproducibility of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG-PET based tumor segmentation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a multicenter setting.

van den Bosch, Sven; Dijkema, Tim; Philippens, Marielle E P; Terhaard, Chris H J; Hoebers, Frank J P; Kaanders, Johannes H A M; Oyen, Wim J G

Tumor to cervical spinal cord standardized uptake ratio (SUR) improves the reproducibility of ¹⁸F-FDG-PET based tumor segmentation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a multicenter setting.

van den Bosch, Sven; Dijkema, Tim; Philippens, Marielle E P; Terhaard, Chris H J; Hoebers, Frank J P; Kaanders, Johannes H A M; Oyen, Wim J G.

Affiliation

van den Bosch S; Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: Sven.vandenBosch@radboudumc.nl.
Dijkema T; Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Philippens MEP; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Terhaard CHJ; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hoebers FJP; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), Research Institute GROW, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Kaanders JHAM; Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Oyen WJG; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Radiother Oncol ; 130: 39-45, 2019 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30005954

Subject(s)

Cervical Cord/diagnostic imaging; Cervical Cord/radiation effects; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/pharmacokinetics; Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Head and Neck Neoplasms/radiotherapy; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/methods; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/diagnostic imaging; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/radiotherapy; Adult; Aged; Cervical Cord/metabolism; Cohort Studies; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms/metabolism; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/methods; Radiopharmaceuticals/pharmacokinetics; Regression Analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/metabolism; Tumor Burden

Key words

FDG-PET; Head and neck cancer; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; SUR; Segmentation; Standardized uptake ratio

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Cervical Cord / Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck / Head and Neck Neoplasms Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Radiother Oncol Year: 2019 Document type: Article Country of publication: Ireland

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