Routine follow-up scans can detect head and neck cancer recurrences earlier
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.