Clinical Significance of Combined Assessment of the Maximum Standardized Uptake Value of F-18 FDG PET with Nodal Size in the Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

These results indicated that F-18 FDG PET/CT was potentially useful in diagnosing preoperative nodal state. Furthermore, combined assessment of SUVmax with nodal size could be significant in the identification of metastatic lymph nodes in OSCC patients.