Change induced by radiation therapy in FDG uptake in normal and malignant structures of the head and neck: quantitation with PET. - Concepedia

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Change induced by radiation therapy in FDG uptake in normal and malignant structures of the head and neck: quantitation with PET.

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1993

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Sheila Rege, Lisa Chaiken, Carl K. Hoh, Yong Choi, R B Lufkin, Yoshimi Anzai, G Juillard, Jamshid Maddahi, M. E. Phelps, R A Hawkins

Abstract

FDG uptake in normal structures does not change with radiation therapy. This fact is in marked contrast to the FDG uptake in squamous cell carcinomas in the head and neck, which decrease dramatically with treatment (P < .005).