FDG-PET for avoidance of futile direct laryngoscopies under general anaesthesia with taking of biopsies in patients with suspicion on recurrent laryngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy.
Recruiting
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with clinical suspicion on recurrent laryngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy (without obvious signs of tumour), in whom a direct laryngoscopy under general anaesthesia with taking of biopsies is indicated;
2. T2-T4 laryngeal carcinoma.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Age < 18 year;
2. Pregnancy;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of direct laryngoscopies (on a group level) needed to detect (a single) recurrent laryngeal carcinoma.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <strong>Key:</strong><br>1. Costs;<br /><br>2. Operability of a recurrence;<br /><br>3. Surgical margins of the salvage laryngectomy;<br /> <br>4.Quality of life.