VG H&N course intro Florence 2016.pptx

IMAGING: PET-CT / FDG-PET

Rusthoven KE et al., Cancer 2004

PET-CT D

ETECTION RATE

OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR:

24.5%

(

SENSITIVITY 88.3%, SPECIFICITY 74.9%, DIAGNOSTIC

ACCURACY 78.8%

)

IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR

TONSILS:

HIGHEST

FALSE-POSITIVE

(39.3%), THE LOWEST

SENSITIVITY RATE WAS FOR THE BASE OF THE TONGUE (80.5%)

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