Corry June, Rischin Danny, Hicks Rodney J, Peters Lester J
Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Locked Bag No 1, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne 8006, Australia.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2008 Mar;10(2):149-55. doi: 10.1007/s11912-008-0023-x.
The development of functional imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) has been a major advancement in clinical oncology. In addition, the integration of functional imaging with CT anatomical imaging (PET-CT) has dramatically increased the clinical applicability of PET. This review discusses the current role of PET-CT in head and neck cancer, focusing on its role in staging, detection of unknown primaries, radiotherapy planning, assessment of treatment response, and biological characterization of disease. We also demonstrate why PET-CT should be an integral part of modern management of head and neck cancer.
使用正电子发射断层扫描（PET）的功能成像技术发展是临床肿瘤学的一项重大进展。此外，功能成像与CT解剖成像（PET-CT）的整合显著提高了PET的临床适用性。本综述讨论了PET-CT在头颈癌中的当前作用，重点关注其在分期、未知原发灶检测、放射治疗计划、治疗反应评估以及疾病生物学特征方面的作用。我们还阐述了为什么PET-CT应该成为现代头颈癌管理不可或缺的一部分。
