Contents

• Management of nodal metastasis in head and neck cancer after chemoradiotherapy
  • Review question
• Accuracy of PET-CT to diagnose residual nodal disease
  • Review question
• Appendices
  • Appendix A. Review protocols
  • Appendix B. Methods
  • Appendix C. Literature search strategies
  • Appendix D. Clinical evidence study selection
  • Appendix E. Clinical evidence tables
  • Appendix F. Forest plots
  • Appendix G. Meta-regression
  • Appendix H. GRADE tables
  • Appendix I. Economic evidence study selection
  • Appendix J. Health economic evidence profiles
  • Appendix K. Excluded studies
  • Appendix L. References
  • Appendix M. Research recommendations
  • Appendix N. Additional data from PET-NECK trial

Final

These evidence reviews were developed by the NICE Guideline Updates Team

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