Efficacy and safety of FDG-PET for determining target volume during intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer involving the oral level

EJNMMI Reports

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristics	Number of patients
Age
Median (range)	64 (54–84)
Sex
Male	7
Female	3
Primary site
Oropharyngeal cancer (p16-positive)	5 (1)
Nasopharyngeal cancer	1
Sinonasal cancer	4
Stage
De novo	7
cStage III	1
cStage IV	6
Recurrent	3
rStage III	2
rStage IV	1
Treatment
RT	2
CRT	4
IA-CRT	4
Pre-treatment imaging
PET-CT	10
CT	10
MRI	8

RT = radiation therapy, CRT = chemoradiotherapy, IA-CRT = intraarterial chemoradiotherapy, PET-CT = positron emission tomography-computed tomography, CT = computed tomography, MRI = magnetic resonance imaging