Publications by authors named "A Banal"
Uterine leiomyosarcoma metastatic to thyroid shown by F-FDG PET/CT imaging.
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol
March 2018
About one third of focal thyroid uptakes in a fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) study are malignant, the most frequent histological type being papillary carcinoma. Metastases to the thyroid account for approximately 7.5% of thyroid malignancies and come mainly from kidney, lung, head and neck, and breast cancers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: While nicotine is the primary addictive compound in tobacco, other tobacco constituents including minor alkaloids (e.g., nornicotine, anabasine) may also contribute to tobacco addiction by mimicking or enhancing the effects of nicotine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInduction TPF regimen is a standard treatment option for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oropharynx. The efficacy and safety of adding cetuximab to induction TPF (ETPF) therapy was evaluated. Patients with nonmetastatic resectable stage III/IV SCC of the oropharynx were treated with weekly cetuximab followed the same day by docetaxel and cisplatin and by a continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil on days 1-5 (every 3 weeks, 3 cycles).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Aims: Head and neck cancer surgery is affected by complications in 20-60% of cases, with risk factors being malnutrition, alcoholism and immunosuppression due to cancer. The aim of the study was to investigate whether preoperative or perioperative immunonutrition could reduce postoperative infectious complications (IC) and surgical-site infections (SSI) in this population.
Methods: This was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind study.
Use of single MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT scans in both diagnosis and radiotherapy treatment planning in patients with head and neck cancer: advantage on target volume and critical organ delineation.
Head Neck
April 2009
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed the effectiveness of using MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT in diagnosing and planning radiotherapy for head and neck cancer in 35 patients.
- The comparison of images from MRI and CT showed a decrease in interobserver variation for parotid glands and target volumes in a significant number of cases.
- Additionally, the application of 18F-FDG PET-CT led to changes in treatment plans for some patients, suggesting it can enhance planning accuracy under specific conditions.