Therapy Response Assessment and Patient Outcomes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: FDG PET Hopkins Criteria Versus Residual Neck Node Size and Morphologic Features

摘要

OBJECTIVE. This study investigates the prognostic value of F-18-FDG PET/CT qualitative therapy assessment (Hopkins criteria) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (IINSCCs) with residual neck nodes after definitive chemoradiation therapy and compares the Hopkins criteria with anatomic nodal size and morphologic features for prediction of survival outcomes.