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PET+MR versus PET/CT in the initial staging of head and neck cancer, using a trimodality PET/CT+MR system
Tetsuro Sekine1, Felipe de Galiza Barbosa2, Felix P Kuhn3
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Purpose:
To compare the diagnostic accuracy of PET+MR with PET/CT in the initial staging of head and neck cancer.
Materials And Methods:
Contrast-enhanced PET/CT+MR was performed in 27 patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer. PET/CT and PET+MR were evaluated separately, and the TNM stage and factors influencing treatment were assessed.
Results:
The TNM staging by PET+MR was comparable to PET/CT (T: p=0.331, N: p=0.453, M: p=0.034). The sensitivity/specificity/accuracy of treatment-influencing factors by PET/CT and PET+MR were 0.68/0.99/0.97, and 1.00/1.00/0.99, respectively.
Conclusions:
Whole-body staging with PET+MR yields at least equal diagnostic accuracy as PET/CT in head and neck cancer.
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