Head and neck cancers (HNC) are the sixth most common cancer worldwide. An annual
total of 53,640 new HNC (oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx) cases and 11,520 deaths in the …

Purpose The complexity of small oral cavity and intimate apposition of the oral cavity
mucosal surfaces make CT identification of obvious masses difficult. Puffed-cheek CT …

Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature to assess the role
of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed …

PET-CT is an important imaging modality which is well established in the recent years. The
role of the molecular imaging in the evaluation of the various pathologies has been …

Objectives: 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) plays an important role in evaluating head and neck cancers …

Background F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed
tomography (FDG PET/CT) is a powerful tool in oral cancer. However, the oral cavity is a …

INTRODUCTION The maxilla and mandible–the upper and lower jaws, respectively–form an
important part of the bony facial skeleton and are unique in that they consist, in part, of the …

Aim: Change in the course of initial therapeutic management on the basis of detection of
distant metastases, second primaries and nodal metastases in advanced stage III/IV in high …

Bilateral communication between the nuclear medicine physicians and the child and his/her
parents is essential to achieve good patient compliance as well as an accurate 18F-FDG …

Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT is a powerful tool for staging head and neck cancer at
diagnosis and after treatment, and for evaluating the response to treatment. It also provides …