What post-treatment imaging do you recommend for glomus jugulare tumors (paragangliomas) following definitive radiation therapy?

Topics: Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology

Do you recomment MRI, CT with contrast or CT angiogram? And at what time intervals post-treatment do you perform surveillance scans?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

MRI or CT 6-12 months post-RT assessing for stability in tumor size or possible tumor regression. MRI will help show a reduction in flow voids, decreased heterogeneous enhancement, and a reduced T2 signal. Studies have demonstrated tumor regression in 57% to 73% of patients followed by CT as well [S...

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Radiation Oncologist at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
When possible, the preference is to match imaging ...

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