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A study looking at a new injection for PET-CT scans for people with advanced cancer of the head and neck

Overview

Cancer types:

Head and neck cancers, Laryngeal cancer, Mouth and oropharyngeal cancer, Nasal and paranasal sinus cancer , Nasopharyngeal cancer, Pharyngeal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This study looked at a new radioactive injection to see if it could show up areas of head and neck cancer that are hard to treat.

Recruitment start: 1 August 2007

Recruitment end: 30 June 2013

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Teresa Guerrero-Urbano

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Comprehensive Cancer Imaging Centre

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

University College London (UCL)

Last reviewed: 4 October 2016

CRUK internal database number: 1788

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