2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR

IMAGING: PET-CT / FDG-PET

PET-CT D ETECTION RATE OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR: 24.5% ( SENSITIVITY 88.3%, SPECIFICITY 74.9%, DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY 78.8% )

TONSILS: HIGHEST FALSE-POSITIVE (39.3%), THE LOWEST SENSITIVITY RATE WAS FOR THE BASE OF THE TONGUE (80.5%)

Rusthoven KE et al., Cancer 2004

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