Routine surveillance scanning in HNSCC: Lung screening CT scans have value but head and neck scans do not.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the utility of computed tomography (CT) imaging during routine surveillance for the detection of recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Materials/methods

Clinical characteristics of HNSCC patients treated between 2008 and 2017 with radiation therapy or concurrent chemoradiation were abstracted from medical records. In patients who achieved a complete response to treatment by positron emission tomography scan, surveillance CT scans were conducted to the maxillofacial area, neck, and chest every 3 months in year 1, every 6 months in year 2, and every 12 months in years 3 and beyond.

Results

Within the entire cohort (n = 534), complete response was achieved in 446 patients (83.5%); of these, 84 (15.7%) patients had a recurrence. Am

SUBMITTER: Iovoli AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961953 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature