Prediction of distant metastasis and survival in adenoid cystic carcinoma using quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT measurements

Salivary gland cancer is a rare disease that accounts for approximately 5% of all head and neck cancers and 0.3% of all human cancers [1–3]. Salivary gland carcinoma arises in various regions of the major and minor salivary glands, presenting at least 24 different histological subtypes with different clinical features of metastasis and recurrence [4,5]. Distant metastases are relatively common in salivary gland carcinoma [6], and may be present at initial presentation or may emerge during the post-treatment period.

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