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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2025

Prognostic value of pre-treatment

Meryem Aktan, Gul Kanyilmaz, Berrin Benli Yavuz, Mehmet Koc, Mehmet Akif Eryılmaz, Mustafa Adli

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Article in La Radiologia medica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Meryem AktanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090, Konya, Turkey. meryemaktan@gmail.com.
Gul KanyilmazDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090, Konya, Turkey.
Berrin Benli YavuzDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090, Konya, Turkey.
Mehmet KocDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42090, Konya, Turkey.
Mehmet Akif EryılmazDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Mustafa AdliDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the prognostic value of maximal standardized uptake values (SUV MATERIALS AND

methodsFifty-two patients with NPC who underwent

resultsMedian follow-up time was 34 months (range 5.6-66.4 months). Forty-four (84.6%) patients were alive at last follow-up and eight (15.4%) had died. The best cut-off value of the SUV

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Nasopharyngeal NeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsAdultAgedCarcinomaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasopharyngeal CarcinomaPrognosisRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRetrospective StudiesFluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsNasopharyngeal carcinomaPET/CTPrognosisRadiotherapySUVmax

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