PET-CT Surveillance versus Neck Dissection in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

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Authors

Hisham Mehanna · University of Birmingham

Wai‐Lup Wong · Mount Vernon Hospital

Christopher C. McConkey · University of Warwick

Joy K Rahman · University of Warwick

Max Robinson

A. Hartley

Christopher M. Nutting · Royal Marsden Hospital

Ned Powell ·

Abstract

Survival was similar among patients who underwent PET-CT-guided surveillance and those who underwent planned neck dissection, but surveillance resulted in considerably fewer operations and it was more cost-effective. (Funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme and Cancer Research UK; PET-NECK Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN13735240.).

Topics & Keywords

Head and Neck Cancer Studies Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Management of metastatic bone disease

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 374, Issue 15, pp. 1444-1454

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1514493

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