Pretreatment Metabolic Tumor Volume of Primary Tumor and Total Lesion Glycolysis of Lymph Nodes are Predictive in Nasopharyngeal Cancer

GÜNDOĞ M., ABDÜLREZZAK Ü.

Erciyes Medical Journal, cilt.42, sa.4, ss.386-394, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/etd.2020.14564
  • Dergi Adı: Erciyes Medical Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.386-394
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Metabolic tumor volume, total lesion glycolysis, PET-derived parameters, nasopharyngeal cancer, EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, F-18-FDG PET, THERAPY
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Conventional prognostic factors are not yet sufficient to predict treatment outcomes factors in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Parameters from PET/CT are still being investigated as a prognostic factor in nasopharyngeal cancer.