False Positive Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography Scans in Treated Head and Neck Cancers
Cheung MK, Ong SY, Goyal U, Wertheim BC, Hsu CC, Yi SK. False Positive Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography Scans in Treated Head and Neck Cancers. Cureus 2017, 9: e1146. PMID: 28497009, PMCID: PMC5425288, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-treatment PET/CT scansPET/CTPET/CT scansPET/CT studiesSquamous cell carcinomaFalse positivityNegative predictive valuePost-treatment settingRadiation therapyPredictive valueNeck cancerCT scanExact testPositive PET/CT studiesCT studiesPost-treatment PET/CTPositron emission tomography/High negative predictive valueCareful multidisciplinary discussionPrimary disease stageRetrospective chart reviewTotal RT doseEmission tomography/Primary tumor siteSerum glucose levels