TY - JOUR
T1 - Surveillance for recurrent head and neck cancer using positron emission tomography
AU - Lowe, Val J.
AU - Boyd, James H.
AU - Dunphy, Frank R.
AU - Kim, Han
AU - Dunleavy, T.
AU - Collins, Brian T.
AU - Martin, David
AU - Stack, Brendan C.
AU - Hollenbeak, Chris
AU - Fletcher, J. W.
PY - 2000/2
Y1 - 2000/2
N2 - Purpose: Earlier detection of head and neck cancer recurrence may improve survival. We evaluated the ability of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to detect recurrence in a prospective trial using sequential PET scans. Patients and Methods: Serial posttherapy FDG-PET was prospectively performed in 44 patients with stage III or IV head and neck cancer. PET was performed twice during the first posttreatment year (at 2 and 10 months after therapy) and thereafter as needed. After therapy, patients were grouped, based on tissue biopsies, into those who achieved a complete response (CR) and those who had residual disease (RD). Patients who achieved a CR were further grouped into those without evidence of disease and those who had recurrence by I year after completion of therapy. Disease status as determined by physical examination (PE), PET, and correlative imaging was compared. Results: Eight patients were lost to follow-up and six had RD after therapy. Of the remaining 30 patients with a CR, 16 had recurrence in the first year after therapy. Five of these 16 patients had recurrence detected by PET only, four by PET and correlative imaging only, five by PE and PET only, and two by PE, correlative imaging, and PET. Only PET detected all recurrences in the first year. PET performed better than correlative imaging (P = .013) or PE (P = .002) in the detection of recurrence. Conclusion: PET can detect head and neck tumor recurrence when it may be undetectable by other clinical methods. FDG-PET permits highly accurate detection of head and neck cancer recurrence in the posttherapy period. (C) 2000 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.
AB - Purpose: Earlier detection of head and neck cancer recurrence may improve survival. We evaluated the ability of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to detect recurrence in a prospective trial using sequential PET scans. Patients and Methods: Serial posttherapy FDG-PET was prospectively performed in 44 patients with stage III or IV head and neck cancer. PET was performed twice during the first posttreatment year (at 2 and 10 months after therapy) and thereafter as needed. After therapy, patients were grouped, based on tissue biopsies, into those who achieved a complete response (CR) and those who had residual disease (RD). Patients who achieved a CR were further grouped into those without evidence of disease and those who had recurrence by I year after completion of therapy. Disease status as determined by physical examination (PE), PET, and correlative imaging was compared. Results: Eight patients were lost to follow-up and six had RD after therapy. Of the remaining 30 patients with a CR, 16 had recurrence in the first year after therapy. Five of these 16 patients had recurrence detected by PET only, four by PET and correlative imaging only, five by PE and PET only, and two by PE, correlative imaging, and PET. Only PET detected all recurrences in the first year. PET performed better than correlative imaging (P = .013) or PE (P = .002) in the detection of recurrence. Conclusion: PET can detect head and neck tumor recurrence when it may be undetectable by other clinical methods. FDG-PET permits highly accurate detection of head and neck cancer recurrence in the posttherapy period. (C) 2000 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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U2 - 10.1200/jco.2000.18.3.651
DO - 10.1200/jco.2000.18.3.651
M3 - Article
C2 - 10653881
AN - SCOPUS:0033966155
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 18
SP - 651
EP - 658
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 3
ER -