Post-treatment surveillance imaging in head and neck cancer: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients treated for head and neck cancer, imaging studies are usually obtained within 3-6 months after treatment for assessment of treatment response. After 6 months, most guidelines advocate clinical follow-up, with imaging reserved for patients with clinically suspect or equivocal findings. However, some guidelines do recommend systematic imaging surveillance, and many clinicians tend to include some type of imaging in their follow-up schemes.

Objectives

This systematic review focuses on the usefulness of routine (systematic) post-treatment imaging surveillance of head and neck cancer beyond the first 3-6-month baseline imaging study.

Methods

A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar. Additional studies were identifi

SUBMITTER: Van Hoe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10844183 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature