[18F]FDG PET/CT Imaging and Hematological Parameters Can Help Predict HPV Status in Head and Neck Cancer.

Objective: To determine whether [F]FDG PET/CT and hematological parameters provide supportive data to determine HPV status in HNSCC patients.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical and diagnostic data from 106 patients with HNSCC: 26.4% HPV-positive and 73.

[F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in combination with clinical data in predicting overall survival in non-small-cell lung cancer patients: A retrospective study.

Introduction: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has an established role in evaluating patients with lung cancer. The aim of this work was to assess the predictive capability of [F]Fluorodeoxyglucose ([F]FDG) PET/CT parameters on overall survival (OS) in lung cancer patients using an artificial neural network (ANN) in parallel with conventional statistical analysis.

Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed on a group of 165 lung cancer patients (98M, 67F).

The utility of F-FDG PET/CT in brain tumours diagnosis.

Background: The purpose of the study was to discuss whether 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) study protocol should include brain imaging.

Materials And Methods: Analysis of international societies recommendations compared with the original data obtained in over 1000 consecutive torso and brain F-FDG PET/CT studies collected in 2010.

Results: According to the international societies recommendations, the F-FDG should not be the radiotracer of choice considering the brain region PET/CT study.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis in a Regional Cancer Center in Poland between 2019 and 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect on oncology healthcare services in Poland, with a reduction in the national breast cancer (BC) screening program coverage rates. This article analyzes the impact of the pandemic on BC stage at diagnosis in a regional cancer center in Poland. Records from BC multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings that took place in the years 2019-2021 were gathered.

Nanostructured block copolymer muscles.

High-performance actuating materials are necessary for advances in robotics, prosthetics and smart clothing. Here we report a class of fibre actuators that combine solution-phase block copolymer self-assembly and strain-programmed crystallization. The actuators consist of highly aligned nanoscale structures with alternating crystalline and amorphous domains, resembling the ordered and striated pattern of mammalian skeletal muscle.