Feasibility of Imaging in the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• •Treatment naive patients with histologically proven cancer of the head and neck
• •T4 primary tumor (all sites), N2 or N3 locoregional disease (all sites)
• •At least one measurable site of disease
• •At least 18 years of age
• •Karnofsky performance status \> or = 70% or ECOG \<2
• •Able to tolerate SPECT/CT imaging
• •Adequate bone marrow function
• •Adequate liver function
• •Adequate renal function
• •Written consent from patients
• •Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 0-7 days prior to the first SPECT study