2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

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18FDG-PET/CT had higher accuracy than conventional imaging work-up. The pooled sensitivity and specificity with 95% confidence interval for 18FDG-PET/CT were 0.881 (0.792–0.941) and 0.971 (0.953–0.984), respectively, indicating that 18FDG-PETCT had a very high accuracy for distant metastases staging of nasopharyngeal cancer. In this meta-analysis the obtained values indicate that 18FDG-PET/CT had a very high accuracy also for follow-up after treatment. It may be used as a first-choice imaging technique for detection of distant failure and second primary cancers after treatment in clinical practice The results of a recent meta-analysis (Zhou et al 2016, J Nucl Med 57:342-7) confirmed the high sensibility and sensitivity of 18FDG-PET/CT in the diagnosis of residual/recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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