Journal of Japanese Society of Oral Oncology
Online ISSN : 1884-4995
Print ISSN : 0915-5988
ISSN-L : 0915-5988
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Screening of upper gastrointestinal synchronous double cancer in patients with oral cancer
A comparison between upper gastrointestinal fiberscopy and 18F-FDG-PET/CT
Toshinori IwaiMaiko ShibasakiHiroaki KitajimaYasuharu YajimaHideyuki NakashimaSenri OguriMakoto HirotaKenji MitsudoIwai Tohnai
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2014 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 31-36

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Abstract
We report a comparison between upper gastrointestinal fiberscopy (GIF) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) for screening of upper gastrointestinal double cancer in patients with oral cancer.
Between September 2006 and August 2009, 133 patients with oral cancer underwent GIF and FDG-PET/CT before treatment. Five patients (3.8%) had synchronous double cancer in the esophagus or stomach using GIF. There were early-stage cancers in all cases. However, FDG-PET/CT could detect double cancer (esophageal cancer) in only one patient, and the sensitivity and specificity were 20% and 100%, respectively. This study proved the usefulness and necessity of GIF for screening in the upper gastrointestinal regions before treatment in patients with oral cancer.
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© 2014 Japan Society for Oral Tumors
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