Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Therapy
Recent studies from Sungkyunkwan University add new data to oral squamous cell carcinoma therapy
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, November 22nd, 2009
A report, 'Metabolic tumor volumes by [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT correlate with occult metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue,' is newly published data in Annals of Surgical Oncology. According to recent research from Seoul, Korea, "To investigate the correlation between pretreatment metabolic tumor volume (MTV) as determined by [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and occult metastasis (OM) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) of the tongue. Forty-three clinically node-negative (cN0) OSCC patients, diagnosed by preoperative workups (biopsy, physical examination, CT, and PET/CT) were enrolled."
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