Latest1 information on COVID-19
©2022 Stanford Medicine
Cervical Nodal Mets in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of H&N - MRI, FDG-PET, & Histopathologic Correlation
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT00313027
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the value of novel non-invasive medical imaging
methods for detecting the spread of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to the lymph nodes
in the neck by comparing their results to findings at the time of surgery.
Official Title
Cervical Nodal Metastasis in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck - Novel MRI, FDG-PET, and Histopathologic Correlation
Stanford Investigator(s)
Billy W Loo, Jr, MD PhD FASTRO FACR
Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)
Quynh-Thu Le, MD
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Christina Kong
Professor of Pathology
Robert Herfkens
Professor of Radiology (Cardiovascular Imaging), Emeritus
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:- Adult patients with newly diagnosed (biopsy-proven), untreated
squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck who will undergo neck dissection as part
of primary surgical therapy. Exclusion Criteria:- A prior adverse reaction to the
contrast/tracer agents being used in the imaging methods being studied.
- Pregnancy.
Intervention(s):
radiation: PET scan
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Quynh-Thu Le
6504986184