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How has advanced imaging, especially PET/CT, changed your treatment volumes and approach for a head and neck cancer of unknown primary?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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PET may identify contralateral positive nodes that were negative or borderline on CT and distant Mets not appreciated on chest CT. These account for a small proportion of patients. The false positive rate in the oropharynx is about 35% so not much help there. So, in general, no.

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