Kresnik E
Abteilung für Nuklearmedizin und spezielle Endokrinologie, PET-Zentrum, Landeskrankenhaus, Klagenfurt, St. Veiterstrasse 47, A-9020 Klagenfurt.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2002;152(11-12):259-64. doi: 10.1046/j.1563-258x.2002.02018.x.
The incidence of head and neck cancer is increasing world-wide. In addition to clinical investigation including palpation and endoscopy with biopsy, conventional morphological imaging methods, i.e. ultrasonography, radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have a routine role in the diagnosis of malignant head and neck cancer. However, the primary tumour often cannot be found despite extensive examination of the head and neck by means of diverse techniques. Furthermore, for staging purposes as well as for the detection of tumour recurrence after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, morphological examination techniques such as CT and MRI are of limited accuracy.
头颈部癌症的发病率在全球范围内呈上升趋势。除了包括触诊和活检在内的内窥镜检查等临床检查外，传统的形态学成像方法，即超声检查、放射照相、计算机断层扫描和磁共振成像（MRI），在恶性头颈部癌症的诊断中具有常规作用。然而，尽管通过各种技术对头颈部进行了广泛检查，但原发性肿瘤往往仍无法找到。此外，对于分期以及化疗和/或放疗后肿瘤复发的检测，诸如CT和MRI等形态学检查技术的准确性有限。
