Tumor Metabolism of Head and Neck Cancer in Patients Who Underwent Radiation Therapy Measured With F-18-FDG-PET

Technische Universität Dresden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00180245

HNO-FDG-FU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to describe the regional and global FDG-kinetics in head and neck cancer during percutaneous radiation therapy.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically confirmed head and neck cancer not curable by surgery
• Karnofsky > 70%
• Tumor volume and localization allow curative radiotherapy
• Written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Metastases
• Earlier radiotherapy of head or neck
• Pregnancy
• Secondary malignancy excluding dermal carcinoma T1 and Tis-carcinoma of cervix uteri
• Psychiatric impairment